Hello.
I am trying to plan my dissertation methods and am not sure which software
package to use. I would like to transform open-ended qualitative responses
(about 1000 paragraph length, qualitative responses) into quantitative
codes to then analyze quantitatively in SPSS. Based on theory, I have a
coding scheme in mind for how to code the qualitative data. Currently, based
on this theory, I have 12 separate categories for codes. One way I have been
thinking about trying to code the data is to try to code a particular
construct/category as either absent (0), somewhat present (1), or present
(2). I have been reading about different software packages and am not clear
a) which package is best for my purposes? b) how I would go about using the
software to accomplish this goal. My department owns a copy of Nvivo 8. I
was also considering MAXqda?
I would greatly appreciate any help/suggestions.
thank you.
Sincerely,
LBY
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