Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software
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Computer Assisted/Aided Qualitative Data AnalysiS (CAQDAS) is the use of computer software to aid qualitative research such as transcription analysis, coding and text interpretation, recursive abstraction, content analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory methodology, etc.
CAQDAS is used in psychology, marketing research, ethnography, and other social sciences. The CAQDAS Networking project[1] lists the following tools a CAQDAS program should have:
- Content searching tools
- Coding tools
- Linking tools
- Mapping or networking tools
- Query tools
- Writing and annotation tools
Free / open source software for CAQDAS includes:
Proprietary software for CAQDAS includes:
- A.nnotate
- ArtificialMemory Semantic Wiki
- Atlas.ti
- Ethnograph
- HyperRESEARCH
- HyperTRANSCRIBE
- Kwalitan
- MAXQDA
- NVivo
- QDAMiner
- Qualrus
- Transana
- XSight
- Qiqqa
Web-Based CAQDAS software: