John,
There has been a lot of discussion on the list recently regarding
various packages. In my view NUDIST is particularly appropriate for
focus groups. While focus groups retain the advantages of flexibility
that generally derive from qualitative interviewing, normally the group
approach is used when you have a fairly well defined agenda of issues
or areas you wish the group to discuss. This provides a framework for
the discussion and the transcript: I have found the facilities in
NUDIST to suit this type of situation very well.
Tony
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:41:31 -0400 (EDT) BLTJBARR
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> I am a Ph.D. student investigating public perceptions of sustainability
> and will, very shortly being using focus groups assess this. I realise
> that some form of analysis will follow the initial research and I'm
> decideing whether, first, to use a qualitative software package and
> second, which one to use.
>
> I have heard a lot about Nudist, but did not want to select this
> software just because it seems to be talked about the most. I really
> wanted one which is most suitable for focus groups.
>
> The comparisons that will take place will be between 8 different groups
> of different socio-economic status.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> John Barrett
> Liverpool John Moores University
>
>
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