[Social-sciences-list] Introduction and Question About Qualitative Data Analysis Software

[T. Audrey Medina]

Hi Cindy, 

I have been struggling with qual data management programs for my
dissertation.  Honestly, I've tried four programs without major success, but
I'd be happy to share my experiences with you.  Please feel free to email me
off list (medina at uoregon.edu), and we can commiserate and share ideas.

Best wishes,

Audrey

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Hi All,

I am Cindy and just joined this list. I am a first year Ph.D. student at the
University of Washington in the Human Centered design and Engineering
program. We are a multi disciplinary program where social scientists,
computer scientists, designers, information and data scientists, and people
with all manner of backgrounds collaborate. We are broadly interested in
researching and developing design strategies and technical systems that are
more human centered. In other words, user friendly.

Have any of you ever used software to analyze qualitative data? If so, I
would love to hear from you before trying a bunch of options that may or may
not be accessible.

These softwares or websites allow you to upload documents that you plan to
analyze qualitatively along with a code list. You can then read through
documents and code them. Multiple people can mark up documents and the
program produces data such as agreement statistics and how often certain
codes are used. The reason I am a bit nervous to spend a bunch of time
exploring programs before asking anyone for experiences is that these
programs take uploaded files and convert them so they can be marked up. So I
am a bit nervous about accessibility.

In any case, I will be trying out a few suggestions, but if anyone has
experiences, please pass them on!

Thanks!



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Cindy Bennett
1st Year Ph.D. Student, University of Washington Human Centered Design and
Engineering

Treasurer of the National Federation of the Blind of Washington an Affiliate
of the National Federation of the Blind

clb5590 at gmail.com

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