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RESEARCH SOFTWARE

General Resources

Bibliographic Research Tools
Software for developing inline and bibliographic citations. Includes an online presentation by Dr. Tim Anderson on The Joy of Bibliographies: Using EndNote to Conduct a Literature Review (Real Player)

CAQDAS Networking Project
Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software in the Dept of Sociology, University of Surrey. A project to disseminate an understanding of the practical skills needed to use software to facilitate qualitative data analysis (e.g., field research, ethnography), and to encourage debate about methodological and epistemological issues raised by the use of such software.

SCOLARI
Software distribution division of SAGE Publications. Distributor of many qualitative research software programs.

TAPoR Research (Text-Analysis Portal)
Text Analysis Software
The TAPoR project is based at McMaster University, and consists of a network of six of the leading Humanities computing centres in Canada: McMaster, University of Victoria (in collaboration with Malaspina UC), University of Alberta, University of Toronto, UniversitŽ de Montreal (law)

Voice Recognition

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Speech Technology

Via Voice

Transciption Software - Free

Transana
Mac OSX and Windows: Transana is a computer program that allows researchers to transcribe and analyze large collections of video and audio data.

Transcrivia
Mac OSX: Dictaphones are history with this software.

Papers About Qualitative Data Management Software

Analyzing Qualitative Data by Computer
This paper by Nigel Fielding appears in Issue 1 of the Social Research Update and provides an overview and discussion of the most popular software programs for qualitative data analysis.

Barry, Christine A. (1998). Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Atlas/ti and Nudist Compared. Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3.

Comparison of Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Software reviews by Susanne Friese include Atlas.ti 4.1, The Ethnograph 4.0, QSR Nud*ist 4, winMAX 97 professional.

Drisko, James W. (1998). Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Merits and Hazards. Smith College School for Social Work. Powerpoint presentation.

Drisko, James W. Transcription. Preparing text for pencil and paper or computer-base QDA (qualitative data analysis) requires some thought and planning.

Voice Recognition & Document Management in the Educational Environment

Qualitative Data Management Software

AnSWR
"Analysis Software for Word-based Records"; PC only

AQUAD 5.03
Software for the analysis of qualitative data developed at the University of Tubingen, Germany. The software package and the manual were developed in English.

ATLAS/ti

Decision Explorer
From Banxia Software, UK. A tool for managing "soft" issues - the qualitative information that surrounds complex or uncertain situations.

Ethnograph
Developed by John Seidel (Qualis Research Associates) and first launched in 1985, Ethnograph was one of the first programs to pioneer computer assisted qualitative data analysis.

HyperResearch | Download free teaching version
S oftware for qualitative data analysis from ResearchWare, Inc., UK

Inspiration
Supports visual thinking including brainstorming, organizing, concept mapping, outlining and diagramming. Based in Portland, Oregon. This software has morphed into a K-12 product.

Kwalitan
Developed in the Netherlands, Kwalitan is a menu driven program developed to support grounded theory, in which the researcher generates a theoretical framework by means of an interpretative analysis of the qualitative material. First launched in 1987. An English translation of the most recent version (5.0) is now available.

QSR NUD.IST and NVivo

NUD.IST4 Classic Guide
A detailed online guide for using N4 Classic, by Bobbi A. Kerlin, PhD

Quantitative Software

Quant Corner
More quant stuff. Statistics, more about conducting survey research, and statistical data resources.

SAS Institute

Stata.com
Stata has complete statistical, graphical, and data-management capabilities and is also fully programmable. Used by researchers of all disciplines. Available for Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX. Online courses about using Stata are available for a fee.

StatLib
From the Dept. of Statistics at Carneigie Mellon, this collection contains a variety of software, macros, and data sets written in Fortran, C and Lisp. Some items in the archive offer complete statistical systems and others are odds and ends.

Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)