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These packages assist researchers in organizing and analyzing complex qualitative data. They allow researchers to import and code textual data, edit texts without affecting the coding; retrieve, review and recode coded data. Researchers can search for combinations of words in the text or patterns in their coding, and import data from and export data to quantitative analysis software.

  


There are several qualitative data analysis software packages. Here are some of the most widely used.

 

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  Leading Qualitative Data Analysis Software

 

 

 

 


N6 is the latest product in the NUD*IST range of software.
Use N6 to:
• Work in plain text with fixed units for rapid access to large amounts of data.
• Automate clerical tasks, such as importing and coding research data, searching for text or coding patterns or generating reports.
• Merge projects with included software.

Read more in http://www.qsrinternational.com/

NVivo 2.0 is the latest version of the NVivo product.
Use NVivo to:
• Import, create and edit rich text documents. Code or annotate any text.
• Link project documents to pictures, video and websites.
• Show, search and assess relationships of text, coding and attributes.
• Create graphical models which are linked live to your data.

Read more in http://www.qsrinternational.com/
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ATLAS.ti is a powerful workbench for the qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual, graphical, audio and video data. It offers a variety of tools for accomplishing the tasks associated with any systematic approach to "soft" data--i.e., material which cannot be analyzed by formal, statistical approaches in meaningful ways. ATLAS.ti helps uncover the complex phenomena hidden in the data in an exploratory way. For coping with the inherent complexity of the tasks and the data, ATLAS.ti offers a powerful and intuitive work environment that is designed to keep focus on the material itself.
More: http://www.atlasti.de/


MAXqda is an advanced program for Qualitative Data analysis. It is the successor of the well-known software package winMAX. It allows the researcher to work with texts in Rich Text Format. Texts can be created and edited at any time. The software can manage large amounts of textual data and is not restricted to smaller data sets.
Learn more http://www.maxqda.com/

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HyperRESEARCH is a code-and-retrieve data analysis program, with additional theory building features provided by the Hypothesis Tester. HyperResearch is a qualitative data analysis software package that enables researchers to code and retrieve, build theories, and conduct analyses of data. It has advanced multimedia capabilities, and allows to work with text, graphics, audio, and video sources.
More http://www.researchware.com

Resources on Qualitative Data Analysis Software

Articles
ATLAS/ti and NUD•IST: A Comparative Review of Two Leading Qualitative Data Analysis Packages
R. Barry Lewis. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign blewis@uiuc.edu
Article Full text web or Full text pdf

Conference Papers

Michael Billig, David Deacon, Peter Golding, Thomas König, Katie MacMillan, Department of Social Science, Loughborough University
Software in media analysis: The Uses and Misuses of Qualitative Data Analysis Software
in Qualitative Research.
Paper presented at the ESRC Methods Festival, 1 - 3 July 2004 ‘Software for media analysis / Social networks’ symposium (2nd of July). http://www.esrc.ac.uk/methods/festival/
Symposium description: Full text
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Richard Bell, University of Melbourne
Quantitative tools for qualitative data : Workshop on Quantitative Tools for Qualitative Data
Paper presented at the ESRC Methods Festival, 1 - 3 July 2004
Workshop Description
In many qualitative data analyses there is a point where the raw data is classified into categories. While quantitative methods are traditionally associated with the testing of hypotheses, there are some lesser known (but fairly widely available) quantitative methods that can also be used at this point in qualitative analyses to generate hypotheses about relationships among the categories or between the categories and respondents that can be further examined in the raw data. These techniques can also be used to link categorized qualitative data to other quantitative data.

http://www.esrc.ac.uk/methods/


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