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On Jul 22, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Sarah Kendal <[log in to unmask]
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> Hello LBY
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> I used NVIVO 7 to organise qualitative data from 50 semi structured interviews.It
> kept everything in the right place and there was never any risk of
> losing the link between an idea and the original source.It is also
> great for iterative analysis as it is easy to change the coding.
> It wasn't ideal for data display but this might not bother you. If I
> was going to do what you are suggesting,I would use NVIVO again to
> build up my coding framework. I went on a couple of courses to learn
> how to use it and the best by far was run by Surrey University.
> Sarah Kendal
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> Quoting Subscribe Qual-Software Lby <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am trying to plan my dissertation methods and am not sure which
>> software
>> package to use. I would like to transform open-ended qualitative
>> responses
>> (about 1000 paragraph length, qualitative responses) into
>> quantitative
>> codes to then analyze quantitatively in SPSS. Based on theory, I
>> have a
>> coding scheme in mind for how to code the qualitative data.
>> Currently, based
>> on this theory, I have 12 separate categories for codes. One way I
>> have been
>> thinking about trying to code the data is to try to code a particular
>> construct/category as either absent (0), somewhat present (1), or
>> present
>> (2). I have been reading about different software packages and am
>> not clear
>> a) which package is best for my purposes? b) how I would go about
>> using the
>> software to accomplish this goal. My department owns a copy of
>> Nvivo 8. I
>> was also considering MAXqda?
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate any help/suggestions.
>>
>> thank you.
>> Sincerely,
>> LBY
>>
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