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'''Computer-assisted''' (or '''aided''') '''qualitative data analysis software''' ('''CAQDAS''') offers tools that assist with [[qualitative research]] such as [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] analysis, coding and text interpretation, recursive abstraction, [[content analysis]], [[discourse analysis]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Paulus|first1=Trena M.|last2=Lester|first2=Jessica Nina|title=ATLAS.ti for conversation and discourse analysis studies|journal=International Journal of Social Research Methodology|language=en|volume=19|issue=4|pages=405–428|doi=10.1080/13645579.2015.1021949|year=2016|s2cid=144482072}}</ref> [[Grounded theory|grounded theory methodology]], etc.

==Definition==

CAQDAS is used in [[psychology]], [[marketing research]], [[ethnography]], [[public health]] and other [[social sciences]]. The CAQDAS networking project lists the following tools a CAQDAS<ref name=":0">{{citeCite web |title=CAQDAS networking project {{!}} University of Surrey |url=httphttps://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres/caqdas/computer-assisted-qualitative-data-analysis |accessdateaccess-date=282023-10-19 November 2011|website=www.surrey.ac.uk}}</ref> lists the following tools a CAQDAS program should have:

* Content searching tools

* Code grouping tools<ref>{{Cite web |title=Analytic tasks and CAQDAS tools {{!}} University of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/computer-assisted-qualitative-data-analysis/resources/analytic-tasks-and-caqdas-tools |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.surrey.ac.uk}}</ref>

* Coding tools

* Linking tools

* Mapping or networking tools

* Query tools

* Alternative visual representation tools

* Writing and [[annotation]] tools

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!OS Supported

!Tools

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|[[Aquad]]

|Client

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|Coding, Sequence Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis

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|[[Atlas.ti|ATLAS.ti]]

|Client

|{{no|Proprietary}}

|{{No|Closed}}

|2022-07<ref>{{Cite web |title=Updates |url=https://atlasti.com/updates |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=ATLAS.ti -– The Qualitative Data Analysis & Research Software |language=en}}</ref>

|Text, Audio, Video, Graphic, Social Networks

|Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Cloud (web-based)

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|{{yes|Free – GPL}}

|{{yes|Open}}

| 2014-06-28<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/catoolkit/|title = Coding Analysis Toolkit| date=28 June 2014 }}</ref>

|Text

|All (web browser)

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|{{no|Proprietary}}

|{{No|Closed}}

|2024-10-14

|2021-08

|Text, Audio, Video

|All (web browser)

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|[[Dedoose]]

|Client

|Web-based

|{{no|Proprietary}}

|{{No|Closed}}

|2022-06-07<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dedoose.com/resources/articledetail/patch_notes|title=Dedoose - Latest Dedoose Patch Notes|website=www.dedoose.com|access-date=2024-07-26}}</ref>

|2016-12

|Text, Audio, Video

|All (web browser)

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|[[KH Coder]]

|Client

|{{yes|Free- – GPL}}

|{{Yes|Open}}

|2015-12-29<ref>{{cite web|title=KH Coder download site|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/khc/files/KH%20Coder/2.00/|accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref>

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|Windows, macOS

|Coding, Aggregation, Query, Visualisation

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|[[OpenCode 4.03]]

|Client

|{{yes|Free-GPL}}

|{{yes|Open}}

|2015-06

|Text

|Windows

|Coding, Aggregation, Query

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|[[QDAcity]]

|Web-based

|{{no|Proprietary}}

|{{No|Closed}}

|2024-04-05

|Text, PDF

|All

* |Coding tools

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|[[QDA Miner]]

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|[[QualCoder]]

|Client

|{{yes|Free -– MIT License}}

|{{Yes|Open}}

|20232025-0102-1925<ref>{{cite web|title=QualCoder GitHub website|website=[[GitHub]]|date=JanuaryJuly 20232025 |url=https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/releases|accessdate=132 JuneJuly 20232025}}</ref>

|Text, audio, video, pictures

|Windows, macOS, Linux

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|[[Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package]] (qdap) ([[R (programming language)|R]] package)

|Client

|{{yes|Free -– GPL}}

|{{Yes|Open}}

|2019-01-02<ref>{{cite web|title=qdap GitHub website|website=[[GitHub]]|url=https://github.com/trinker/qdap|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref>

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|Windows, macOS, Linux,<ref>{{cite web|title=Quirkos for Linux|date=27 August 2015|url=https://www.quirkos.com/blog/post/quirkos-for-linux|accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref> All (web browser)

|Coding, Query, Visualisation

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|[[Requal]] ([[R (programming language)|R]] package)

|Client / Web-based

|{{yes|Free – MIT License}}

|{{Yes|Open}}

|2025-03<ref>{{cite web | url=https://github.com/RE-QDA/requal | title=RE-QDA/Requal | website=[[GitHub]] }}</ref>

|Text

|All (web browser)

|Coding, Intercoder Agreement, Log

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|[[RQDA]] ([[R (programming language)|R]] package)

|Client

|{{yes|Free- – GPL}}

|{{Yes|Open}}

|2018-03<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to RQDA Project |url=http://rqda.r-forge.r-project.org/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=rqda.r-forge.r-project.org}}</ref>

|Text

|Windows, macOS, Linux

|Coding, Aggregation, Query, Visualisation

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|[[Taguette]]

|Client / Web-based

|{{yes|Free}}

|{{yes|Open}}

|2024-04<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taguette.org/ |title=Taguette, the free and open-source qualitative data analysis tool |accessdate=22 April 2024}}</ref>

|Text

|Windows, macOS

|Coding

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|[[Transana]]

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==Project Exchange Format==

In March 2019, the [[Rotterdam Exchange Format Initiative]] (REFI) launched a new open exchange standard for qualitative data called QDA-XML.,<ref>{{citeCite journal |last=Evers |first=Jeanine |date=May 2020 web|title=LaunchWhat –is Codebookthe REFI-QDA Standard: Experimenting With the Transfer of Analyzed Research Projects Between QDA Software Exchange|url=https://www.qdasoftwarequalitative-research.orgnet/launch-the-codebook-exchangeindex.php/fqs/article/download/3439/4598?inline=1 |accessdatejournal=19Forum: MarchQualitative 2019Social Research |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=22}}</ref> however, the Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) Network Project had been formally established in 1994.<ref name=":0" /> The aim is to allow users to bring coded qualitative data from one software package to another. Initially supportSupport was includedinitially inadopted by [[Atlas.ti]], [[QDA Miner]], [[Quirkos]] and [[Transana]], and ishas nowsince been implemented ininto [[Dedoose]], [[MAXQDA]], [[NVivo]] and [[QualCoder]] as well, while [[f4analyse]] only to Export more.<ref>{{citeCite web |title=ProductsChoosing –a ProjectCAQDAS package {{!}} University of Surrey Exchange|url=https://www.qdasoftwaresurrey.orgac.uk/productscomputer-projectassisted-exchangequalitative-data-analysis/resources/choosing-appropriate-caqdas-package |accessdateaccess-date=72023-10-19 October 2022|website=www.surrey.ac.uk}}</ref> Although this was not the first standard to be proposed, it was the first to be implemented by more than one software package, and came as the result of a collaboration between vendors and community representatives from the research community. Previously there was very little capability to bring data in from other software packages.

==Training==

The CAQDAS Network Project hosts events on the use of CAQDAS packages for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis. They include:<ref name=":0" />

* fee-based in-person short courses

* open-registration Webinars designed to raise awareness

* open-registration Webinars that are methodological or pedagogical in nature

* podcasts

==Pros and cons==

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==See also==

*[[Comparison of survey software]]

*[[Idea networking]]

*[[Multimethodology]]

*[[Multimethodology#Software|Computer Assisted Mixed Methods Research Analysis Software]]

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[[Category:QDA software|*]]

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