[URBANTH-L]Software for analyzing qualitative responses

[Heather Horst]

MaxQDA worked well, and worked on PCs and Macs (with Parallels). Most  
people on our team who had used Atlas TI and other programs were  
happier with MaxQDA than with other programs. Filemaker is great for  
storage, but it's difficult to transfer to coding software later.

Best,
Heather Horst

On Aug 4, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Sean Bruna wrote:

> I would recommend nVivo for Mac (using bootcamp) and PC, though it  
> is rather expensive.  I also used Journler for field notes but worry  
> how long they will be around.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Bruna
>
> ps - Here is a list of other programs:
>
> Fieldnotes: 1.0
>
> These programs were made specifically to help organize and analyze  
> qualitative data. The programs provide basic file management and  
> coding options.
>            QSR nVivo 8
>
> Atlas ti: .
>
> Anthropac
>
> Ethnograph – new and untested. Mixed reviews.
>
> Filemaker Pro: - not designed for qualitative research; lacks  
> analysis tools.
>
> askSam -
>
> TAMS Analyzer for Macintosh OS
>
> Fieldnotes: 2.0 Programs
>
> These are general note taking programs that are not designed for  
> qualitative research but have grown in popularity among consumers.  
> None have been tested sufficiently for research and are thus not  
> suggested for long-term use of data and storage.
> Mac:
> Voodoo Pad – vast limitations, but good for web publishing. lacks  
> analysis tools.
> AquaMind NoteTaker – lacks analysis tools.
>
> Circus Ponies NoteBook - lacks analysis tools.
>
> PersonalWiki —another, less refined, Wiki option. lacks analysis  
> tools.
>
> Evernote – a great tool, bit not a solution. lacks analysis tools.
>
> Journler – as reviewed above, very useful and basic, but going out  
> of business.
>
> Transcriptions 0.8 - No integration with other software  
> (transcription only)
>
> Microsoft Word – lacks analysis to
>
> PC:
>
> WhizFolders- lacks analysis tools.
>
> Scribe— lacks analysis tools.
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Sean P. Bruna
> PhD. Candidate, Department of Anthropology
> Doctoral Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health  
> Policy
> University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
> healthpolicy.unm.edu
> www.unm.edu/~sbruna
>
> On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Lisa Maya Knauer wrote:
>
>> A colleague here in the business school likes Nvivo .... I haven't  
>> used it myself (still waiting for a chance to have her show me some  
>> of its marvels).  This is PC-friendly. Here is the link to the  
>> website:
>> http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo.aspx
>> Lisa Maya Knauer
>>
>>
>> Allen Feldman wrote:
>>>
>>> I am interested in recommendations  for inexpensive user-friendly  
>>> software programming that can  numerically aggregate qualitative  
>>> responses from informants by keyword, topic, domain etc
>>> Allen Feldman
>>> Department of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
>>> 239 Greene Street
>>> New  York, NY 10003
>>> tel: 212 998 5096
>>> af31 at nyu.edu
>>>
>>>
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Heather A. Horst
Humanities Research Institute
University of California, Irvine
307 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3350
hhorst at uci.edu

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