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== Definition ==

Computer Assisted Qualitative Research Analysis Software (CAQDAS)

CAQDAS Software has been around for quite some time now (see Fielding, 1993). According to [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/publications/2006/Bhowmick_AutoCarto_QualRes_06.pdf Bhowmick (2006)], Weitzman and Miles (1995) classified these software into five categories. These are 
# Text Retrievers
# Textbase Managers
# Code and Retrieve programs
# Code Based Theory Builders
# Conceptual Network Builders
Some software (e.g. the popular ATLAS-ti and NVivo are both coding and conceptual network builders).

== Links ==

; General

* [http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ The CAQDAS Networking Project]

; Indexes and comparisons

* [http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_CAQDAS/reviews-of-sw.php Comparative reviews of software] by Graham R. Gibbs, University of Huddersfield, 2008-2011. This web page points to several interesting review / comparison papers.
* [http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/issue/view/36 The KWALON Experiment: Discussions on Qualitative Data Analysis Software by Developers and Users], FQS Vol 12, No 1 (2011). This issue includes a series of articles: Each on analyses the same data set with different tools
* [[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]] found Bhowmick (2006) to be a good overview. This article also addresses challenges to the CAQDAS community, in particular the lack of reasoning ability. But rather see the links above, e.g. start from [http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_CAQDAS/reviews-of-sw.php OnLineQDA] page above.

; Software

The three most popular data coding / analysis software seem to be:

* [http://www.atlasti.com/ ATLAS.ti - The Knowledge Workbench].
* [http://www.qsrinternational.com/ Nvivo] (formerly Nudist).
* [http://cat.ucsur.pitt.edu/ CAT], a free service of the Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP). You can install your own server
* [http://www.provalisresearch.com/QDAMiner/QDAMinerDesc.html QDA Miner]

== References ==


* Christine A. Barry (1998) 'Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Atlas/ti and Nudist Compared' Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3, [http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/3/3/4.html HTML].

* Bhowmick, T (2006). Building an Exploratory Visual Analysis Tool for Qualitative Researchers, ''Autocarto 2006'' ,Vancouver, WA [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/publications/2006/Bhowmick_AutoCarto_QualRes_06.pdf PDF]

* Bringer, Joy D., Johnston, Lynne Halley, Brackenridge, Celia H. (2006). Using Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software to Develop a Grounded Theory Project Field Methods 2006 18: 245-266 [http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/3/245 Abstract] (PDF {{ar}}).

* Hypermedia and Ethnography: Reflections on the Construction of a Research Approach, by Bella Dicks and Bruce Mason, Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3, [http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/3.html HTML]

* Fielding, Nigel (1993). Analysing qualitative data by computer, Social Research Update, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey [http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/SRU1.html HTML]

[[Category: Research methodologies]]
[[Category: Knowledge representation]]