Confronta i metodi

	Analisi del contenuto qualitativa basata sul campo	Analisi dei documenti sul campo
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1980s–2000s	1970s–1980s (codified in qualitative research methodology)
Ideatore	Philipp Mayring (qualitative content analysis); applied to field settings via ethnographic and naturalistic inquiry traditions	Rooted in ethnographic fieldwork traditions; systematised in qualitative education research by Bogdan & Biklen and Hammersley & Atkinson
Tipo	Qualitative analysis method	Qualitative research strategy
Fonte seminale	Mayring, P. (2000). Qualitative content analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2), Art. 20.	Bogdan, R. C., & Biklen, S. K. (2007). Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods (5th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 978-0205483655
Alias	field QCA, naturalistic qualitative content analysis, fieldwork-grounded content analysis, field-integrated QCA	FBDA, field document analysis, naturalistic document analysis, ethnographic document analysis
Correlati	3	6
Sintesi	Field-based qualitative content analysis (field QCA) combines systematic, category-driven content analysis with data collected directly in naturalistic settings. Rather than working with pre-existing texts or archived material, the researcher gathers documents, field notes, artifacts, and informal textual records during fieldwork and subjects them to rigorous qualitative content analysis. The approach preserves the contextual depth of field inquiry while applying the structured, transparent analytic logic that distinguishes qualitative content analysis from purely impressionistic reading.	Field-based document analysis is a qualitative strategy in which the researcher enters a real-world setting — a school, clinic, organisation, or community — and systematically collects, authenticates, and analyses documents that are naturally produced and used there. Unlike library-based or archival document analysis, the field context is integral: the researcher observes how documents function in practice, who produces and reads them, and what organisational or cultural work they perform. The approach is widely used in ethnographic, case-study, and institutional research.