Software Tools for Qualitative Research

In RSCH 8301, you used NVivo software to assist with organizing and coding data you collected. However, you may be wondering if that is the only software package available to qualitative researchers and whether you even need to use a software package for your Dissertation.

Consider the Discussion topic for this week on organizing and tracking data as well as the Dissertation Rubric criteria on these topics.

To prepare for this Application:

• Review this week’s required readings about computer programs available for qualitative research.
• Investigate software packages other than NVivo that are available to qualitative researchers.
• Select at least two software packages and compare them to NVivo.
• Do you believe you will need to use a software package for your  project If so, would any of the three software tools you investigated for this assignment be appropriate? Why?

The assignment:

• Craft a 3- page paper and 5 references in which you do the following:
• • Compare and contrast software tools for managing and analyzing qualitative data.
  • Conclude by stating whether you believe you will need to use a software package for your dproject and, if so, whether any of the three software tools analyzed in this assignment would be appropriate.