[Air-l] RE: qualitative data analysis software?

[Joao Vieira da Cunha]

The decision on what program to use depends not only of the data being
analyzed but also on the methodological inclination of the researcher.
Those are take a more positivistic approach to qualitative research (a
la Grounded Theory) would find software such as Nvivo and (in the border
between qualitative and quantitative) N5 a better fit because of their
emphasis on structured coding. Those with a more interpretive approach
to qualitative research are better off with software such as Atlas.ti
where coding is a more open ended task.

-Joao 

-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org] On Behalf Of
Sherri Condon
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:03 AM
To: air-l at aoir.org
Subject: [Air-l] RE: qualitative data analysis software?

There was a positive review on the LINGUIST list about a newly released
product called QDA Miner.

Review: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-1243.html#1
Product:  http://www.simstat.com/QDAMiner.htm 

Since it's new, there probably aren't too many people who have used it,
but
it looks pretty good.

Sherri
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Sherri L. Condon, Ph.D.
Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer
The MITRE Corporation
7515 Colshire Dr. Mailstop H305
McLean, VA 22102
Phone:  703.883.5522
Fax:  703.883.1379



Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:23:42 -0700
To: air-l at aoir.org
From: Mark Warschauer <markw at uci.edu>
Subject: [Air-l] qualitative data analysis software?
Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org

What software do people recommend (or not recommend) for qualitative 
data analysis?
Mark
-- 
Mark Warschauer
Vice Chair, Department of Education
Associate Professor, Dept. of Education and Dept. of Informatics
University of California, Irvine
tel: (949) 824-2526,  fax: (949) 824-2965
markw at uci.edu; http://www.gse.uci.edu/markw





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