Dear Lyn
Thank you very much for replying to my email. I am reading the chapter by
Ann and Christina. I will look at other links you have suggested as well.
Thanks again
Parvaneh
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From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyn
Richards
Sent: 12 June 2006 15:40
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Subject: Re: Software options
Dear Parvaneh, and Anne,
Anne has given you the important advice, Parvenah, and has saved the list
from a detailed message from each purveyor of software! Go to the websites
and try the products. These days I no longer am in one of those companies
but since you originally asked about NVivo, I can easily tell you how to get
details and a free trial copy of the new version, NVivo 7. Just go to QSR's
website, http://www.qsrinternational.com/. Or if you want to see what it
looks like, go to Sage's website, where I have a set of tutorials that can
be freely used, accompanying my most recent book.
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/richards/.
Can I also add that now there is on the CAQDAS website a very up to date
summary of the main features of each package by Ann Lewins and Christina
Silver. http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ChoosingLewins&SilverV4%20june06.pdf.
And of course the CAQDAS site will link you to any of the other websites you
want to visit for software information.
cheers,
Lyn
Lyn Richards,
Founder and Director, QSR International.
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www.lynrichards.org
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From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne
Kuckartz
Sent: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 12:21 AM
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Subject: AW: Software options
Dear Parvaneh,
I could give extended comments on how MAXqda2 and its add-ons, MAXdictio and
MAX MAPS will indeed satisfy in a very effective, easy and elegant way your
ideal demands on a qda software tool, and I will get back to privately to
give you more details.
At this place I would just like to emphasise, that anybody who is looking
for a software tool to help him/her to perform a state-of-the-art
qualitative analysis should be aware, that this decision is a very
fundamental and also a personal one which may easily turn out also as a
decision about fun or struggle during the whole phase of analysis. So I
would strongly recommend to take the chance and the challenge, to take a
look at the packages as well as at the conditions of support and supplied
materials (tutorials, manuals) and thus make a "grounded" decision which
carries you well through the workout of your research.
MAXqda provides a full version of the program (including the add-ons and all
manuals) with a run-time limit of 30 days and full saving options. So with
MAXqda you get the chance to try it out under real conditions (e.g. large
projects!) and of course you are free to work with the supplied
demonstration material as well as with your own data.
Best regards
Anne
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Von: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von
Parvaneh Rabiee
Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Juni 2006 14:50
An: [log in to unmask]
Betreff: Software options
Dear all
I used the online discussion a few years ago when I used Nvivo 2 for the
project I was working on at the time and I found it extremely useful. I was
wondering if, and very much hoping that, you could give me some advice.
I am investigating software options for the study I am currently involved
in. As a team of researchers (7 people involved) we have recently started a
qualitative longitudinal study that will go on for 3-4 years. It is quite a
large scale study involving three groups of people with different
conditions. All in all, we could have up to 700 to 800 transcripts. We want
to look at individuals over time, experiences within groups and those across
groups.
Ideally we are looking for software that:
o Can support qualitative longitudinal data analysis
o Can manage large datasets
o Support team working
o Has a hierarchical structure for coding
o Can manage visual images, not just text
o Offers some kind of visualisation of connections
o Be user-friendly
I know the list is long and there may not be anything that could do all of
that but is there anything you could recommend to us? I have come across
NVivo 7, Atlas ti and MAXqda but I haven't used them and I don't know how
suitable they are for our study. There may well be something else I haven't
come across. I greatly appreciate your thoughts and views on this especially
if you have conducted similar work or have come across any of these issues.
Thanks again and look forward to hear from you.
Best wishes
Parvaneh
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