Qualrus from IdeaWorks can be programmed to look for things in the text
that can help you manage it efficiently. It might be that there are
regularities in your data that could be used. As others have said,
different programs offer different tools - try them out.
Stephen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Abbas Haghshenas
> Sent: 07 June 2005 16:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:
>
> Hi,
> I have used NVIVO to analyse my research project, almost 40 interviews
and I found it very
> helpful and time saving. There are also other programs such as MAXqda
or ATLASti but I
> am not familiar with them. All of these programs offer similar
features but also different in
> some features.
>
> You better consider your data format and analysis approach before
choosing any of them.
>
> Cheers
> Abbas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> PAULA CONTRERAS
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 June 2005 1:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:
>
>
> Greetings!
>
> I am the librarian at my institution that monitors our
> electronic reference transactions, both synchronous
> (chat-based) and asychronous (web-form). At this time, I
> have some 6000 email questions and answers on our SQL
> server, and am inputting about 2000 chat transcripts into an
> MS Access database.
>
> We would like to take this data and run it through some sort
> of software that can help us identify categories
> (discipline, question types, etc). Does anyone have a
> recommendation for the best type of software for this
> purpose?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Paula
>
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