In particular, displaying all tags in the text can make documents unreadable when multiple overlapping tags are used. Some users on Academics Anon (semi-public LJ group – many entries won’t be visible unless you join the LJ community) have expressed frustration at the interface. The review on MacResearchSW describes it as a powerful and full-featured analysis tool, but comments that it has a non-intuitive interface with a steep learning curve. TAMS Analyser is a Text Analysis Markup System (not to be confused with the Technology Acceptance Model, which I’ve been reading about recently…).It seems to be the main contender for an NVivo-like tool, It’s about $200USD to purchase, so I’ll only buy it if I know that it’s going to work for me. I’m going to download a trial version next week. hyperRESEARCH is the main piece of analysis software that will run on a Mac.Software I can buy outright, in order to access my data in future.Ability to handle audio, video and image data.Search functions (boolean searches, proximity searches, negative cases, comparing to demographic data, etc).Visualisation of tagged data (coding stripes, etc).Flexibility in tagging text (interview transcripts and field notes) according to themes that will emerge during analysis.Runs natively on OS X, without requiring dual-booting into Windows, or virtual machine software.I’ve been looking for qualitative data analysis software that runs on Mac OS X, and have found a disappointing short list of applications. This has turned out to be a much shorter search than expected. EDIT: Since writing this post, I’ve opted for a browser-based tool called Dedoose.
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