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Week 7 Assignment: Explore Qualitative Analysis Software
Instructor: Dr. Kanyongo
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Hi Orlanda, this assignment required you to develop a brief critique (rather than a simple
description) of how well each of the qualitative data analysis programs supports the
qualitative data analysis process. Please note that for your qualitative study you will
be required to use one of these programs to analyze your data. Therefore,
developing an understanding of these qualitative software programs is essential.
Overall you did a good job in your critiquing of the programs, therefore you obtained
100% on this assignment. I have no doubt that you will be able to apply these

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programs to your qualitative data analysis. The grade justification is provided in the
narrative below:
Completes all required parts of the assignment, demonstrates deep understanding of materials,
uses very clear and effective expression appropriate to scholarly writing, and has very
few or no errors in grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Please let me know if you have any questions on any concept covered in this assignment.

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Week 7 - Assignment
Explore Qualitative Analysis Software
The purpose of this assignment is to create a chart of at least three qualitative analysis
software (QAS) programs. Chart headings include (a) coding tools, (b) content analysis, (c)
discourse analysis, and (d) query, writing, transcription, and annotation. An overview of some
advantages and disadvantages are noted. QAS are tools for conducting analysis of transcriptions,
texts, images, social media posts, emails, datasets, coding, focus group data, and grounded theory
methods, to name a few (https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-qualitative-data-
analysis-software/). Although there are many options to choose from, MAXQDA, NVivo,
QDA Miner and QDA Miner Lite are the most popular among education communities
(https://www.thoughtco.com/analyze-qualitative-data-software-3026538; https://gse-
it.stanford.edu/workshops/comparison-qualitative-analysis-software). These tools offer
numerous benefits including time-saving, management of large datasets, procedural flexibility,
and increased validity of data analysis (https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-
qualitative-data-analysis-software/). That said, let us take a look at the following chart.
Figure 1
Qualitative Analysis Software
QAS MAXQDA NVivo QDA Miner and QDA Miner
Lite
Supported OS Windows
and Mac
Win XP, XPT or
later
Windows and Mac
Coding Tools   Text and Images Only
Content Analysis   Text and Images Only
Discourse Analysis   Text and Images Only
Query, Writing,
Transcription, and
annotation
  Text and Images Only
Text Interpretation   

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Mapping or
Networking
  
Linking Ability   
Qualitative and Mixed
Methods Research.
  Text and Images Only,
integrates with SimStat
Costly   Free (QDA Miner Only)
NVivo
it can be costly to purchase as an individual, but people working
in education get a discount, and students can buy a 12-month
license for about $100.
the strength of NVivo lies in its high compatibility to research
designs. The software is not methodological-specific, it works well
with wide range of qualitative research designs and data analysis
methods such as discourse analysis, grounded theory,
conversation analysis, ethnography, literature reviews,
phenomenology, and mixed methods.
sophisticated QDA program
-support text, PDF, survey,
audio, video and graphical
files
-lots of built-in functions for
coding, retrieving, analyzing,
visualizing and exporting
-responsive to enquiries and
suggestions
-face-to-face training
workshops are regularly
scheduled
-allow for team work
Disadvantage
-some functions are not
intuitive and therefore take
time to learn by reading the

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manual or by viewing the
online tutorials
-some query functions are
not intuitive therefore take
time to learn
Different layout than Windows version
-Some functions not yet available for Mac version
comparison_of_five_qualitative_data_analysis_qda_software_-
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QDA Miner and QDA Miner Lite
Unlike Nvivo, QDA Miner and its free version-- work stricly with
text documents and images.
As such, they offer fewer functions than Nvivo and others listed
below, but they are fantastic tools for researchers focusing on
analysis of text or images.
, QDA Miner can be integrated with SimStat for quantitative
analysis, which makes it a great mixed-methods data analysis
software tool. Qualitative researchers use QDA Miner to code,
memo, and analyze textual data and images.
It offers a range of features for coding and linking sections of data
together, and also for linking data to other files and webpages.
The program offers geo-tagging and time-tagging of text segments
and graphicareas, and allows users to import directly from web
survey platforms, social media, email providers, and software for
managing references.
QDA Miner is costly but is much more affordable for people in
academia. The free version, QDA Miner Lite, is a great basic
tool for text and image analysis. It does not have all the features as
the pay-version, but can get the coding job done and allow for
useful analysis.
are used by more than 2,000 institutions including universities, governments,
NGO’s and businesses.Provalis Research textanalytics softwareis a collection of

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tools that allow users to explore, analyzeand relate both structured and
unstructured data. The main tools are QDA Miner, WordStatand SimStat. Provalis
QDA Miner
sophisticated QDA program
-support text, PDF, survey,
audio, video and graphical
files
-lots of built-in functions for
coding, retrieving, analyzing,
visualizing and exporting
-online automated training
tutorials are available
disadvantage
lack of training
opportunities; looks like
users have to learn this
product on their own
-may not be as quick in
product development as
other QDA products
(https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-qualitative-data-analysis-software/).
What does MAXQDAdo?
-sophisticated QDAprogram
-supporttext, PDF,survey,
audio,video and graphical
files
-lots of built-in functions for
coding,retrieving,analyzing,
visualizing and exporting
-program is very easy to
learn and intuitive
-the built-in query tools,
mixed methods tabs and

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The only software thathas the same functions as its
Windows version
-The company,even thoughbasedin Germany,is very
responsive to providefeedbackfor questions aboutdifferent
versions
comparison_of_five_qualitative_data_analysis_qda_software_-
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disadvantage
MAXDictio tab (at an extra
cost) are very easy to learn
and well-suited for
qualitative and mixed
methods research
-MAXReaderis available
FREE of chargefor people
who do not have the
software to view the
documents
-lots of free online tutorials
available on website
-allow for team work
not many users in Canada or
the United States at the
momentcomparedto
ATLAS.ti and NVivo;
thereforelack a community
of users
MAXQDA helps you to collect,organize, analyze, visualize and publish
data from qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods
research. Over 25 years of experience and constant developmenthave
made MAXQDA one of the most comprehensive analysis
programs in the industry. This page will give you an idea of the full scope of
MAXQDA’s features.
MAXQDA is also the world’s first QDA program to include additional
features for focus group discussions.Differentspeakers can be

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automatically recognized,so you can easily compare their contributions,
analyze each speaker on her own, and visualize them in a
variety of ways.
The great thing about MAXQDA is that it offers several versions
from basic to advanced functionality that offer a range of options,
including text analysis, data collected through a variety of
qualitative methods, transcription and coding of audio and video
files, quantitative text analysis, integration of demographic data,
and data visualization and theory testing. It functions much like
Nvivo and Atlas.ti (described below).
(https://www.maxqda.com).
comparison_of_five_qualitative_data_analysis_qda_software_-_version_2_-_neville_li.pdf
In brief,
In general, the question of which QDA software to use has been asked several times on
ResearchGate, and answer is always that it depends on your personal preferences. Pretty much
the same features are available from all of the major packages -- MAXQDA, NVivo, ATLAS.ti,
and Dedoose. So, a lot of the decision comes down to "look and feel" -- i.e., what works best for
you.
Fortunately, these programs all offer free trial versions and online video tutorials, so you can try
them out first.
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