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QUALITATIVE SOFTWARE
The following companies provide software
designed for analysis of qualitative data of all kinds including text, audio,
and video.
Product:
AccuLine
Developer:
Harpe
& Associates Ltd.
Developer Site:
http://www.harpe.ca/
Platform:
Windows
PC
Price: $379 per year for AccuLine Primary (Elementary schools); $779 per year for
Acculine
Professional (Jr. and Senior high schools); $2500 per year for AccuLine
Scholastic (colleges and technical institutions); $5000 per year for
Acculine Academic (post-secondary
and enterprise)
Scope:
Digital Automated
Scoring
Free Trial Download:
http://www.harpe.ca/Download.php
(For PC)
Requires
access code.
Product:
AnSWR
Developer:
Centers for Disease Control: Information Systems Support Services (CISSS) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Epidemology Branch
Developer Site:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/answr.htm
Platform:
Windows 95,98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP
Price:
Freeware Software
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Download:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/answr/ver3d.htm
Product:
Atlas.ti
Developer:
Thomas Muhr
Developer Site:
http://www.atlasti.com/index.php
Platform:
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0
Price:
$395.00 (Educational-Single Copy); $715.00 (Standard- Single Copy); $1,580.00 (Educational-5 Pack); $2,860.00 (Standard-5 Pack); $1,440.00 (Educational Workstation-Qty. 5); $2,640.00 (Standard Workstation-Qty. 5)
Scope: Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.atlasti.com/download.php
Product:
Behavior Evaluation Strategies and Taxonomies software
Version 3.0 (BEST)
Developer:
SKWare (Subsidiary of Educational Consulting)
Developer Site:
http://www.skware.com/
Platform:
Windows 95,98,NT,2000
Price:
$499 (Educational-Single Copy); $650 (Standard- Single Copy); $399 (Educational-5 Qty); $520 (Standard-5 Qty); $750 (Educational Workstation-Qty5); $975 (Standard Workstation-Qty. 5)
Scope:
Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.skware.com/Upgrades.htm
Product:
CDC EZ-Text
Developer: Centers for Disease Control
Developer Site:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/ez-text.htm
Platform: Windows 95,98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP
Price:
Freeware Software
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/ez-text.htm
Product:
C-I-SAID version 1.0
Developer: Code-A-Text Ltd
Developer Site:
http://www.code-a-text.co.uk/index.htm
Platform:
Windows 95,98, NT
Price: $ 315 (Educational-Single Copy); $ 555 (Standard- Single Copy); $ 1,260 (Educational-5 Pack, Single User); $ 2,220 (Standard-5 Pack, Single User)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Download:
http://www.code-a-text.co.uk/cisaid.htm
Product: Dedoose
Developer: Sociocultural Research
Consultants
Developer Site:
http://www.dedoose.com
Platform:
Web Based Rich Internet Application – PC, Mac (OSX),
Linux
Price: Free to try for a month, around $11 /
Month afterwards
Scope: Powerful, Collaborative, and Easy to
use Qualitative and Mixed Method Research and Analysis
Free Download:
http://www.dedoose.com
Product: ELAN
Developer: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Developer Site:
http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/tools/elan
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, MacOS X, Linux
Price: Freeware
Product Scope: Digital Audio and Video Annotation Free
Download:
http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/elan/download
Product:
Ethno 2
Developer:
David Heise
Developer Site:
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Esocpsy/ESA/
Platform:
Windows/PC (Java enable)
Price:
Freeware
Scope:
Text Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/ESA/downloading.html
Product:
Ethnograph version 5.0
Developer:
Qualis Research Associates
Developer Site:
http://www.qualisresearch.com
Platform: Windows 3.1, 95, 98/PC
Price: $295 (single copy); $200 (Student copy)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.qualisresearch.com/demo.htm
Product:
EthoVision 2.3
Developer:
Noldus Information Technology
Developer Site:
http://www.noldus.com/site/doc200403002
Platform:
Windows 98, 2000, XP, NT 4.0
Price:
http://www.noldus.com/site/doc200407016
Scope:
Digital Audio and Video Analysis
Product:
HyperRESEARCH 2.8.2
Developer: ResearchWare Inc
Developer Site:
http://www.researchware.com/
Platform: MacOS, Windows
Price: $370 USD (Student discounts and institutional
licensing is available. See
http://www.researchware.com/hr-offer.htm for Student pricing.
Contact
support@researchware.com for Institutional licensing.)
Scope: Qualitative analysis of text, images, audio, and video
source material, code maps, auto coding, and much more.
Free Trial Download:
http://www.researchware.com/hr/downloads.html
Product: HyperTRANSCRIBE 1.5
Developer:
ResearchWare Inc
Developer Site:
http://www.researchware.com/
Platform: MacOS,
Windows
Price: $99 USD (Student discounts and institutional licensing
is available. See
http://www.researchware.com/ht-offer.htm for Student pricing.
Contact
support@researchware.com for Institutional licensing.)
Scope: Transcription of audio or video source materials for
qualitative analysis.
Free Trial Download:
http://www.researchware.com/ht/downloads.html
Product:
InterClipper Professional v1.1.3
Developer:
DocuMat, LLC
Developer Site:
http://www.interclipper.com/
Platform:
Windows 95/98/NT
Price:
$495 (download) + $15 (CD-ROM version)
Scope:
Digital Audio, Video analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.interclipper.com/DownLoadForm.html
Product:
INTERACT
Developer:
Mangold Software & Consulting
Developer Site:
www.behavioral-research.com
Platform:
Windows
ME, NT, 2000, XP
Price:
Available on request to info@mangold.de
Scope:
Multimedia Video Analysis for behavioral research
Free Trial Download:
Available
on request to info@mangold.de
Product:
INTEXT 4.1
Developer:
Harald Klein
Developer Site:
http://www.intext.de/intexte.htm
Platform:
MS-DOS (version 3.3 above)/Versions for 80386, 80486 and Pentium
Price: $27.40 (diskette version with a printed manual); $91.28 (student version); $273.85 (single version); $1,369.25 (network/institute version); $4,564.31 (campus license- 5 manuals)
Scope:
Primarily text analysis
Free Demo Download:
http://www.intext.de/ITX-TEST.EXE
Product:
Kwalitan 5.0
Developer:
Department of Research Methodology, University of Nijmegen
Developer Site:
http://www.kwalitan.net/engels/index.html
Product:
Kwalitan 5.0
Platform:
Windows 95, 98, NT or ME
Price:
$289.80(Educational-Single Copy); $373.52 (Standard- Single Copy); $883.20 (Educational-Qty 3-5); $1.13 (Standard- Qty 3-5)
Scope:
Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.kwalitan.net/engels/downloaden.html
Product:
MacSHAPA 1.03
Developer: MacShapa
Developer Site:
http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/institute/acadprog/epjp/macshapa.html
Platform:
Mac
Price: Available on request
Email:
sales@cpo.al.wpafb.af.mil
Product:
MaxQDA
Developer:
MaxQDA
Developer Site:
http://www.maxqda.com/
Platform:
Windows/PC
Price:
$701
Scope:
Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.maxqda.com/
(click on 'trial version')
Product:
NVivo 8
Developer:
QSR International Pty Ltd (QSR)
Developer Site:
http://www.qsrinternational.com
Platform: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional,
MIcrosoft Windows XP SP2+, Microsoft Vista
Price:
Contact QSR
Scope:
Text analysis. audio, video, PDF, and photos
Free Trial Download:
http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx
Product: OCS Tools 3.5
Developer:
Triangle Research Collaborative, Inc
Developer Site:
Platform: Windows 95/98, 2000, XP, NT 4.0
Price: Available on request
info@TRCtech.com
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis
Product:
PolyAnalyst 4.5
Developer:
ProGAMMA International
Developer Site:
http://www.gamma.rug.nl/
Platform:
Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP or Windows NT
Price:
Available on request (info@progamma.nl)
Scope:
Text Analysis
Free Trial Download:
Available on request
info@gamma.rug.nl
Product:
QDA Miner
Developer: Provalis Research
Developer Site:
http://www.provalisresearch.com/QDAMiner/QDAMinerDesc.html
Platform: Windows 98/NT/XP
Price: Academic: $255, Professional: $395
Scope:
Text Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http:/www.provalisresearch.com/qdaminer.php
Product:
Qualitative
Media Analyzer
Developer:
CVS Information System
Developer Site:
http://www.cvs.dk/qma.htm
Platform: Windows/PC
Price: Academic: $350, Professional: $475
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis
Product:
Qualrus
Developer:
Idea Works, Inc
Developer
Site:
http://www.ideaworks.com/qualrus/index.html
Platform:
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT3.5, NT4, 2000 or XP
Price:
Available on request
Scope:
Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis
Product:
Sign Stream Version 2.0
Developer Site:
http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/SignStream/index.html
Platform:
Mac OS
8.0, QuickTime 3.0.2
Price: $25.00 (Educational - One time fee); $10 (Student license)
Scope:
Digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial:
Email to
carol@bu.edu
Product:
Survey Logix
Developer: Sparklit
Developer Site:
http://www.surveylogix.com
Price: $50 - $600
Scope: Web-based Survey Development, Distribution, and Analysis
Survey Distribution: Internet
Online Survey Hosting Available: Yes
Product:
TACT Version 2.1
Developer: IBM-University of Toronto
Developer Site:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cch/tact.html
Platform: MS-DOS/Windows 3.11, 95/98
Price:
$50
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Product:
TAMS Analyzer
Developer:
Matthew Weinstein
Developer Site:
http://tamsys.sf.net/
Platform: OSX, Linux (extremely limited version)
Price:
Free
Scope: Textual analysis (transcripts,
observation logs, etc)
Free Trial Download:
http://tamsys.sf.net/osxtams/download.html
Product: The Coding Analysis Toolkit
(CAT)
Developer: The University of Pittsburgh
Developer Site:
http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/
Price: Currently free, as the service is brand new and going
through an extended beta test period
Platform: A web-based service suitable for Mac and PC
platforms
Scope:
Facilitate analysis of text datasets
Product Site:
http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat.htm
Product:
Transana
Developer: David Woods, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Developer Site:
http://www.transana.org
Platform: Windows 3.0 or 3.1, Windows 95
Price:
$50.00 single user license, $500 multi-user license
Scope:
A tool for the transcription & qualitative analysis of audio
& video data
Free Trial Download:
http://www.transana.org
Product:
WordSmith 4.0
Developer:
Mike Scott
Developer Site:http://www.lexically.net/wordsmith/
Product:
WordSmith 4.0
Platform:
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Win NT and Win 98
Price: Available on request
Mike.Scott@liv.ac.uk
Scope: Text Analysis
Product:
WordStat
Developer: Provalis Research
Developer Site:
http://www.provalisresearch.com/wordstat/wordstat.html
Platform: Windows 98/NT/XP
Price: Academic: $375-$425, Professional: $525-$645
Scope:
Text Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.provalisresearch.com/wordstat.php
Product:
XSight
Developer:
QSR International Pty Ltd
Developer Site:
http://www.qsrinternational.com
Platform: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Price: Please
contact QSR
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download:
http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx
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