See if this helps. Look at:
http://idde.syr.edu/Krathwohl/Chapter14/IndexCh14.htm
Click on: "Consideration in Using Computers in Qualitative Data Analysis"
and then on "Choosing Specialized Software Programs." There are several
references that should be useful in choosing among the programs you ask
about.
Dave Krathwohl
> From: Sherida Tutor <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: qual-software <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:40:43 -0600
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> Subject: Software
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> I am looking for a tool for review literature (much in pdf format),
> reports from graduate students (at least 500 pages all in word
> documents), video tape data, interview transcripts, and meeting
> notes.... It is a short project (7 months) and most of the data has
> already been collected. Ideally, I would like the data to be assessable
> for future projects.
> The literature reviews, student reports, interviews, book reviews,
> meeting notes, researcherıs reflection notes, and video tape will all be
> coded to identify common threads. I will be working with at least one
> other person and I need to be able to add comments, notes.... The coding
> structure is hierarchical and query tools a must. I was considering
> NVivo 7, Atlas.ti and MAXqda.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sherida
>
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