charles, the people I work with (who do a lot of qualitative analysis) use InqScribe and love it. It's developed mostly for transcription and subtitling, but you can also code in it. For the really high-powered coding business they use Atlas.ti. I haven't used either, myself.
Rachel
Rachel Scherr
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Learning, Media, and Interaction Group
Everyday Science and Technology Group
LIFE Center, University of Washington
Research Assistant Professor
Physics Education Research Group
Department of Physics, University of Maryland
http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~rescherr/On Mar 4, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Charles Henderson wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm sure that ya'll have lots of opinions about qualitative analysis software. I have not used any for many years and was not happy with the usability (NVivo) at the time.
But, I am involved in a project where several researchers will be analyzing open-ended interviews from about 20 people at three different sites. So, I think this is the kind of project that these software packages are ideal for. But, which one to get?
The three products that we are currently investigating are NVivo, Ethnograph, and HyperResearch. I'd be interested in any thoughts about these or others. Ease of use and the ability to collaborate between several researchers are important considerations.
Thanks,
Charles