Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Analysis Applied to Semi-Structured Interviews: Representations of Handicap. This article presents an exploratory process in methodological research to link the use of computer data processing with a qualitative analysis of categories in a sample of semi-structured Interviews. After presenting the theoretical basis for the analytical grid, and the problems encountered in its application to qualitative material, the authors explain their use of a data base which allows processing the categories with the help of a data segmentation and classification software (AC2). This analysis was carried out secondarily on the catégories established by the researchers in order to produce a more precise representation of the way the different variables were organised, by pinpointing their discriminating power. This automatic method is used as a complementary tool for systematising results obtained with the qualitative method and to support interprétations based on exhaustive consideration of these catégories.