Transana is also very cool; you can do some nice linking of actual audio with transcriptions: http://www.transana.org/ My group has been playing around with NVivo and Transana, and we haven't found one to be better than the other - it really depends on what the use will be. I think NVivo is better if there are thousands of codes that need to be interlinked (such as with ethnographic research) On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Nievita Bueno Watts wrote: > I would be interested in this discussion. > > Nievita Bueno Watts > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Heather Petcovic <[log in to unmask] > > wrote: > Hi all, > > > We are looking at purchasing qualitative analysis software, either > Ethnograph or NVivo. I was wondering if users could share their > experiences (good or bad) working with either package. Please reply > off-list: [log in to unmask] > > > Thanks, > > Heather > > > ******************* > > Heather L. Petcovic > > Assistant Professor > > Department of Geosciences and > > The Mallinson Institute for Science Education > > Western Michigan University > > Kalamazoo, MI 49008 > > > [log in to unmask] > > 269-387-5488 (Geosciences) > > 269-387-5380 (Science Education) > > 269-387-5513 FAX > > > > > > > -- > Nievita Bueno Watts > Division of Curriculum and Instruction > Science Education > Arizona State University Julie Libarkin Assistant Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Dept. of Geological Sciences & Division of Science and Math Education Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 517-355-8369