L B wrote:
> Professor Stephen Gourlay (or another expert),
>
> How do you do?
> I would like to know what is your opinion about the very expensive program's
> in the Net (like Nudist, Maxqda, Etnographer, etc) in comparison with AnSWR
> 6.4.164 (Analysis Software for Word-Based Record). My objective is to use
> one of these programs to my doctorate dissertation (to structure ideas,
> data, etc). Now, I made a download of AnSWR 6.4.164 and, for my complete
> surprise, I think this program do the same as, for instance, Etnographer's
> do (I have a Trial Version). The question is that Etnographer is very
> expensive - 200 dolars, and Nudist is about 340 dolars!.
A more general answer:
there is no BEST program for text analysis purposes, you have to choose
what program fits YOUR needs best. If you have the time (and the nerves)
download the test/trial versions and work with these with a small piece
of your data. Then you will see the pros and cons of each software. Have
a look at http://www.textanalysis.info for the links and more information.
Kind regards
Harald Klein
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