Welcome to D. Michael Gizzi's consulting and training site, for doing qualitative data analysis with MAXQDA. I am a certified trainer and consultant on MAXQDA, and a social scientist who uses MAXQDA is almost all of my research. The Four Stages of Research is a pedagogical model for approaching qualitative data analysis, which has evolved over the past three years. It is intended for both individuals new to qualitative research and seasoned researchers.

My own background with qualitative research comes as a political scientist and criminal justice professor who uses MAXQDA for a variety of projects including:

• a policy analysis of the state of the Fourth Amendment "third party doctrine" in light of a recent Supreme Court decision

• ongoing research on messaging by the Center for Disease Control during the COVID-19 pandemic

• judicial impact studies of Supreme Court decisions, drawing on lower court decisions to explain how policies and judicial precedents get implemented.

• An analysis of the role of official misconduct in wrongful convictions

• The use of corporate share-holder conference calls and quarterly reports to explore how business strategy is developed over time, through a ten year analysis of the strategy of Netflix

• An exploration of the jurisprudence and legal philosophy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia