Qiqqa
Mendeley
Zotero
JabRef
Citavi
Docear
BibDesk
Paperpile
QualCoder
NVivo
MAXQDA
ATLAS.ti
Taguette
RQDA
Quirkos
CATMA
QualCoder is free, open source software for qualitative data analysis. You can code text, images, audio and video, write journal notes and memos. Categorise codes in a tree-like hierarchical categorisation scheme. Coding for audio and video requires the VLC media player. VLC must be installed for QualCoder to work with audio and video data. Coder comparison reports can be generated for text coding. A graph displaying codes and categories can be generated to visualise the coding hierarchy. Most reports can be exported at html, open document text (ODT) or as plain text files.
Qiqqa QualCoderQiqqa is recommended for academic researchers, graduate students, and professionals who deal with large volumes of research papers and need an efficient system for organizing and referencing their materials. It is particularly beneficial for those in fields that require extensive literature reviews and citation management.
Qiqqa is by far the strongest solution for research and managing pdf's. Zotero, named as a comparison is weak as it does not allow pdf;s to be loaded into its interface - you need to use a pdf reader, which defeats its whole purpose. With Qiqqa documents in a library can be searched together. It has excellent maps of your libraries. It is not prefect, having a few glitches, but still is the only one of its kind.
I used Qualcoder to code 100 hours of public hearings transcripts and I found it a very pleasant experience. The workflow is intuitive and quick. Even though some transcripts went over 150.000 characters, I was using about 50 codes, and have transcripts with over 100 different coded segments, the program remained stable. Using the | character in the search field allows for the use of multiple keywords at once, which was very effective. The report function allows you to produce overviews of interview segments per code and various kinds of statistical analysis, which can be integrated with R-Studio. Many thanks to Dr. Colin Curtain for the development and software support.
QualCoder is one of the best CAQDAS I have used not just because it is free and open source but also because of the functionalities and constant improvements.
I really like using QualCoder 3.0 for its ease of use and intuitive interface.
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