HI Chris,

I have used MaxQDA (now 2007) and it has a fairly good note system for field notes, etc. Most of these, though, attach to either a specific imported text (ex. Interview), code, etc. That aside, I did find the program quite useful. http://www.maxqda.com.

~Ryan Rominger

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From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Schmechel
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:12 PM
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Subject: Recommendations on Software Packages

Greetings,

I'm planning some upcoming field research.  We will be conducting site visits (1-on-1 observation/interview sessions with people around using a software application).

I'm looking for software packages that might help me during (e.g., interviews, field notes, classification of data, coding segments

,etc.) and after the fieldwork (e.g., content analysis of field notes, coding, etc.).  Any recommendations?  Some of the data we will be collecting include video, photos, screen snapshots/images, text data recorded by the researcher during the 1-on-1 sessions.

Thanks again,

Chris Schmechel