[URBANTH-L]Software for analyzing qualitative responses

[Maria Brodine]

Hi all,

I have a Mac and have looked into this to some degree.  I've thought of
getting Windows for Mac, and setting up Nvivo or QDA Miner.  Then there's
Tams, which has the obvious boon that it's free, but which I'm having
trouble even downloading right now -- I don't know if it's set up for the
latest OS -- and then there's HyperResearch, which is expensive.  Has anyone
tried HyperResearch or is able to compare the four?  Thanks,

Maria Brodine
Ph.D. Candidate
Applied Anthropology
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Columbia University, Teachers College



On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Jane Henrici <Henrici at iwpr.org> wrote:

> Hi,
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> In the past, I worked with the earlier version of NVivo-QSR NU*DIST-and
> because it was so much work to set up I hesitated to use even a newer
> version for anything less than really large quantities of
> transcriptions. I decided to go ahead and try NVivo when, for one of my
> projects, we recorded close to 300 hours for 200 interviews. I now think
> I'll use it on all of my projects even if they are very small; of
> course, at this point, we have purchased the software.
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> The positives:
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> The current version of NVivo is easy to learn and to handle, and has
> features for sound, images, and social networking maps in addition to
> those for transcriptions or other text documents. In fact, you can use
> it simply for annotated bibliographies and such, like some people mark
> passages of text with different highlighter colors then copy and paste
> (the advantage with the software is that it will sort the passages out
> and show overlaps for you).
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> The negatives:
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> I do not know that NVivo is superior to other qualitative software and
> probably should have done some sort of comparison before making the
> investment, but buying an upgrade cost less than a new license. To me,
> it's expensive even in the student version.
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> To try it out:
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> Anyone can download a free 30-day trial version and participate in free
> webinar tutorials, and I know from students' experience that the company
> doesn't harass you afterward with advertisements.
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> Best,
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> Jane
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> Jane Henrici, Ph.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: urbanth-l-bounces at lists.ysu.edu
> [mailto:urbanth-l-bounces at lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Maya Knauer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:32 PM
> To: Allen Feldman
> Cc: URBANTH-L at lists.ysu.edu
> Subject: Re: [URBANTH-L]Software for analyzing qualitative responses
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> A colleague here in the business school likes Nvivo .... I haven't used
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> 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:
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> http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo.aspx
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> Lisa Maya Knauer
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> Allen Feldman wrote:
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> > I am interested in recommendations  for inexpensive user-friendly
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> > software programming that can  numerically aggregate qualitative
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> > responses from informants by keyword, topic, domain etc
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> > Allen Feldman
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> > Department of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
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> > 239 Greene Street
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> > New  York, NY 10003
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> > tel: 212 998 5096
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> > af31 at nyu.edu
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Maria T. Brodine
Ph.D. Candidate
Applied Anthropology
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Columbia University