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sushrut jadhav
At 18:17 22/07/2009, you wrote:
>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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