Research Guides: Qualitative Data Analysis: Choosing QDA software

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Resources for Comparing QDA Tools

There are a variety of Qualtiative Research/ QDA resources and comparison tutorials available online for free. Below are a few that have been selected for their relevance to the tools available to the NYU community.

QDA Sample Data
Google Folder with Qualitative Data
Digital Tools for QDA
A beginners guide tutorial to NYU Data Services supported qualitative data analysis software.
How-To Guide: Digital Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis
A textual explainer on how to choose and use NYU Data Services' supported qualitative data analysis software packages.

Choosing CAQDAS -University of Surrey
University of Surrey maintains a detailed comparison of most QDA software packages in PDF form. These are useful for in-depth comparison.
Content Analysis - Chinese Media

Fielding N. (1995). 'Choosing the Right Software Package', ESRC Data Archive Bulletin January SHORT
Lewis, B. (2004). 'NVivo 2.0 and Atlas.ti 5.0: A Comparative Review of Two Popular Qualitative Data-Analysis Programs', Field Methods 16(4) 439-469
Bird, K. (1995). Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice. United Kingdom: Sage Publications (CA).

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