> Can anyone offer suggestions for good qualitative analysis software?
That's a bit like asking if someone can recommend a good restaurant. There
are lots of good restaurants, but the right answer depends on what kind of
food you're in the mood for.
There are many "right" answers. What software would be right for you
depends on your analytic approach, the nature of your data, your budget,
your operating system, and how well the quirks of your brain match the
quirks of the brains of the software designers. I looked into it recently
and found something like 18 different packages with a variety of different
emphases and strengths.
http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ might be a good place to start. And there
are quite a few web pages out there where people have cataloged available
software. (I'm away from my office right now, so don't have access to the
list I compiled or to the URLs, but Google can be your friend here.)
Shameless plug:
Anyone interested in this question might be interested in the "Technology in
Qualitative Research" day which will be part of The Fourth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in May. We're planning a day of speakers,
papers, and a technology showcase. See http://www.icqi.org/aditqr.html for
more details.
David Woods
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