QDA Miner Lite is a free and easy-to-use version of our popular computer assisted qualitative analysis software. It can be used for the analysis of textual data such as interview and news transcripts, open-ended responses, etc. as well as for the analysis of still images. It offer basic CAQDAS features such as:
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Importation of documents from plain text, RTF, HTML, PDF as well as data stored in Excel, MS Access, CSV, tab delimited text files,
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Importation from other qualitative coding software such as Altas.ti, HyperResearch, Etnograph, from transcription tools like Transana and Transcriber as well as from Reference Information System (.RIS) files.
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Intuitive coding using codes organized in a tree structure.
Ability to add comments (or memos) to coded segments, cases or the whole project.
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Fast Boolean text search tool for retrieving and coding text segments.
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Code frequency analysis with bar chart, pie chart and tag clouds.
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Coding retrieval with Boolean (and, or , not) and proximity operators (includes, enclosed, near, before, after).
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Export tables to XLS, Tab Delimited, CSV formats, and Word format
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Export graphs to BMP, PNG, JPEG, WMF formats.
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Single-file (*.qdp) project format.
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Interface and help file in English, French and Spanish.
Comments and Reviews
The developer Provalis Research, has been developing QDA Miner for several decades. With its solid architecture, QDA Miner can handle very large databases, offers powerful qualitative analytical and data visualization tools.
In an age when many QDA applications offer only annual leases, QDA Miner is available with a non-expiring license. Non-expiring licenses help ensure that researchers can build on their projects over many years. The excellent license alone should be a key factor for many potential buyers.
QDA Miner can be used with other tools by Provalis Research including WORDSTAT for more powerful textual analysis features. QDA Miner is also available as part of "Prosuite", a package of Provalis' highly respected qualitative and quantitative analysis tools.