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'''QualCoder''' is a [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]], [[Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software|qualitative data analysis software]] designed by Colin Curtain from the University of Tasmania. It allows for qualitative data analysis of text, images, audio, and video.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Hagman |first=Jess |title=Free tools for qualitative data analysis |url=https://acrl.ala.org/anss/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-fall-anss-currents.pdf |journal=ANSS Currents |volume=36 |pages=19–21 |issn=0888-5559}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Wohlrab |first1=Rebekka |last2=Garlan |first2=David |date=2022-01-11 |title=A negotiation support system for defining utility functions for multi-stakeholder self-adaptive systems |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y |journal=Requirements Engineering |language=en |doi=10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y |s2cid=245895327 |issn=1432-010X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Rampin |first1=Rémi |last2=Rampin |first2=Vicky |date=2021 |title=Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis |url=https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03522 |journal=The Journal of Open Source Software |volume=6 |issue=68 |pages=4|doi=10.21105/joss.03522 |bibcode=2021JOSS....6.3522R |s2cid=245092386 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vardanega |first=Agnese |date=2022-01-03 |title=QualCoder per l'analisi qualitativa dei dati {{!}} Sociospunti |url=https://www.agnesevardanega.eu/2022/01/03/qualcoder-caqdas-open-source-python/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |language=it-IT}}</ref> It handles many file formats and was included, with Taguette, into outstanding free qualitative data analysis software.<ref>Mateo, C. L. GUÍA PRÁCTICA PARA LA ORGANIZACIÓN Y SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN. ''ETNOGRAFÍAS DESDE EL REFLEJO: PRÁCTICA-APRENDIZAJE'', 357.</ref> QualCoder is based on [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language and is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />. It is inspired by and draws from the [[RQDA]] [[R (programming language)|R]] package.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The QualCoder GitHub Wiki, 13. Other information |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/wiki/13-Other-information}}</ref>
'''QualCoder''' is a [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]], [[Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software|qualitative data analysis software]] designed by Colin Curtain from the University of Tasmania. It allows for qualitative data analysis of text, images, audio, and video.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Hagman |first=Jess |title=Free tools for qualitative data analysis |url=https://acrl.ala.org/anss/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-fall-anss-currents.pdf |journal=ANSS Currents |volume=36 |pages=19–21 |issn=0888-5559}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Wohlrab |first1=Rebekka |last2=Garlan |first2=David |date=2022-01-11 |title=A negotiation support system for defining utility functions for multi-stakeholder self-adaptive systems |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y |journal=Requirements Engineering |language=en |doi=10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y |s2cid=245895327 |issn=1432-010X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Rampin |first1=Rémi |last2=Rampin |first2=Vicky |date=2021 |title=Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis |url=https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03522 |journal=The Journal of Open Source Software |volume=6 |issue=68 |pages=4|doi=10.21105/joss.03522 |bibcode=2021JOSS....6.3522R |s2cid=245092386 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vardanega |first=Agnese |date=2022-01-03 |title=QualCoder per l'analisi qualitativa dei dati {{!}} Sociospunti |url=https://www.agnesevardanega.eu/2022/01/03/qualcoder-caqdas-open-source-python/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |language=it-IT}}</ref> It handles many file formats and was included, with Taguette, into outstanding free qualitative data analysis software.<ref>Mateo, C. L. GUÍA PRÁCTICA PARA LA ORGANIZACIÓN Y SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN. ''ETNOGRAFÍAS DESDE EL REFLEJO: PRÁCTICA-APRENDIZAJE'', 357.</ref> QualCoder is based on [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language and is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />. It is inspired by and draws from the [[RQDA]] [[R (programming language)|R]] package.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The QualCoder GitHub Wiki, 13. Other information |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/wiki/13-Other-information}}</ref>

QualCoder was discussed the in-depth manner in the article published in American Journal of Qualitative Research<ref name=":6" />. The article presented the process of textual coding using QualCoder. The authors of analysis concluded that "By using QualCoder, the researcher utilizes a dependable, efficient, and easily accessible tool to work with coding without losing transparency, rigor, and depth in the process"<ref name=":4" />.


== Overview and functionalities ==
== Overview and functionalities ==
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QualCoder was used in a number of research published in peer-reviewed journals, including research on Functional Communities,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Izlar |first=Joel |date=2019-10-02 |title=Local–global linkages: Challenges in organizing functional communities for ecosocial justice |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536 |journal=Journal of Community Practice |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=369–387 |doi=10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536 |s2cid=202256524 |issn=1070-5422}}</ref> mental health services,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pham |first1=Tony V. |last2=Koirala |first2=Rishav |last3=Kohrt |first3=Brandon A. |date=2021-01-07 |title=Traditional and biomedical care pathways for mental well‐being in rural Nepal |url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z |journal=International Journal of Mental Health Systems |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=4 |doi=10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z |issn=1752-4458 |pmc=7792081 |pmid=33413540}}</ref> self-adaptive systems,<ref name=":3" /> English language learners’ communicative repertoires,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gómez-Giraldo |first=John Steven |date=2022-02-06 |title=Promoting Dialogic Action through the Expansion of English Language Learners' Communicative Repertoires |url=https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/647 |journal=HOW Journal |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=84–104 |doi=10.19183/how.29.1.647 |s2cid=246646554 |issn=0120-5927}}</ref> populist discourse,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Çay |first=Furkan |date=2022-01-31 |title=Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis |url=https://dergi.bilgi.edu.tr/index.php/reflektif/article/view/97/78 |journal=Reflektif Journal of Social Sciences|language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=201–222 |doi=10.47613/reflektif.2022.65 |s2cid=247047755 |issn=2718-0344}}</ref> and pharmacists experience.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Gargya |first1=Diane |last2=Mirkazemi |first2=Corinne |last3=Curtain |first3=Colin |date=2022-03-24 |title=Qualitative exploration of the experiences of community pharmacists delivering the Diabetes MedsCheck service |journal=Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics |volume=47 |issue=8 |language=en |pages=1194–1200 |doi=10.1111/jcpt.13654 |pmid=35322454 |pmc=9543553 |s2cid=247629703 |issn=0269-4727}}</ref>
QualCoder was used in a number of research published in peer-reviewed journals, including research on Functional Communities,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Izlar |first=Joel |date=2019-10-02 |title=Local–global linkages: Challenges in organizing functional communities for ecosocial justice |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536 |journal=Journal of Community Practice |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=369–387 |doi=10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536 |s2cid=202256524 |issn=1070-5422}}</ref> mental health services,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pham |first1=Tony V. |last2=Koirala |first2=Rishav |last3=Kohrt |first3=Brandon A. |date=2021-01-07 |title=Traditional and biomedical care pathways for mental well‐being in rural Nepal |url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z |journal=International Journal of Mental Health Systems |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=4 |doi=10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z |issn=1752-4458 |pmc=7792081 |pmid=33413540}}</ref> self-adaptive systems,<ref name=":3" /> English language learners’ communicative repertoires,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gómez-Giraldo |first=John Steven |date=2022-02-06 |title=Promoting Dialogic Action through the Expansion of English Language Learners' Communicative Repertoires |url=https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/647 |journal=HOW Journal |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=84–104 |doi=10.19183/how.29.1.647 |s2cid=246646554 |issn=0120-5927}}</ref> populist discourse,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Çay |first=Furkan |date=2022-01-31 |title=Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis |url=https://dergi.bilgi.edu.tr/index.php/reflektif/article/view/97/78 |journal=Reflektif Journal of Social Sciences|language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=201–222 |doi=10.47613/reflektif.2022.65 |s2cid=247047755 |issn=2718-0344}}</ref> and pharmacists experience.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Gargya |first1=Diane |last2=Mirkazemi |first2=Corinne |last3=Curtain |first3=Colin |date=2022-03-24 |title=Qualitative exploration of the experiences of community pharmacists delivering the Diabetes MedsCheck service |journal=Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics |volume=47 |issue=8 |language=en |pages=1194–1200 |doi=10.1111/jcpt.13654 |pmid=35322454 |pmc=9543553 |s2cid=247629703 |issn=0269-4727}}</ref>


Strengths of QualCoder include that it is free to use and therefore available to researchers with limited funding, while still being more advanced in functionality compared to other free open-source CAQDAS such as Taguette. A weakness is the lack of online collaboration options since QualCoder is only available as a desktop application.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brailas |first=Alexios |last2=Tragou |first2=Elena |last3=Papachristopoulos |first3=Konstantinos |date=2023-04-29 |title=Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis and Coding with QualCoder |url=https://www.ajqr.org/article/introduction-to-qualitative-data-analysis-and-coding-with-qualcoder-13230 |journal=American Journal of Qualitative Research |language=english |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=19–31 |doi=10.29333/ajqr/13230 |issn=2576-2141}}</ref>
Strengths of QualCoder include that it is free to use and therefore available to researchers with limited funding, while still being more advanced in functionality compared to other free open-source CAQDAS such as Taguette. A weakness is the lack of online collaboration options since QualCoder is only available as a desktop application.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Brailas |first=Alexios |last2=Tragou |first2=Elena |last3=Papachristopoulos |first3=Konstantinos |date=2023-04-29 |title=Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis and Coding with QualCoder |url=https://www.ajqr.org/article/introduction-to-qualitative-data-analysis-and-coding-with-qualcoder-13230 |journal=American Journal of Qualitative Research |language=english |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=19–31 |doi=10.29333/ajqr/13230 |issn=2576-2141}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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QualCoder
Original author(s)Colin Curtain
Stable release
3.2 / 20 Jan 2023
Written inPython
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
LicenseMIT License
Websitehttps://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder

QualCoder is a free and open-source, qualitative data analysis software designed by Colin Curtain from the University of Tasmania. It allows for qualitative data analysis of text, images, audio, and video.[1][2][3][4] It handles many file formats and was included, with Taguette, into outstanding free qualitative data analysis software.[5] QualCoder is based on Python programming language and is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux[1][3]. It is inspired by and draws from the RQDA R package.[6]

QualCoder was discussed the in-depth manner in the article published in American Journal of Qualitative Research[7]. The article presented the process of textual coding using QualCoder. The authors of analysis concluded that "By using QualCoder, the researcher utilizes a dependable, efficient, and easily accessible tool to work with coding without losing transparency, rigor, and depth in the process"[8].

Overview and functionalities

QualCoder is sometimes described as Python alternative to RQDA, however, it provides more options related to image, audio, and video analysis[9]. It allows for the construction of semantic networks of codes and categories that have emerged in the analysis. Technically, the codes and categories constitute ‘nodes’ of the semantic network insofar as these two circumstances occur:

a. The same codes are used to ‘mark’ different interview pieces;

b. Different codes are used to mark the same pieces of interview."[10].

The QualCoder functionalities include, e.g.[11][1][12][13]:

  • text coding,
  • image coding,
  • audio coding,
  • video coding,
  • creating of cases,
  • creating of attributes,
  • writing memos,
  • writing journal notes,
  • coding reports,
  • node graph creation,
  • file and code summaries,
  • coding comparison,
  • code relations analysis,
  • code frequencies analysis,
  • code comparison by file,
  • generation of charts,
  • SQL statements,
  • merging projects,
  • importing surveys.

QualCoder uses the SQLite data structure.[14] It implemented exportation and importation of codebook through the REFI-QDA format.[15] It also implemented export and import of whole research project through this format, however, it was not fully tested.[11] It also supports manipulations to the graph and export the Results matrix.

Research use

QualCoder was used in a number of research published in peer-reviewed journals, including research on Functional Communities,[16] mental health services,[17] self-adaptive systems,[2] English language learners’ communicative repertoires,[18] populist discourse,[19] and pharmacists experience.[8]

Strengths of QualCoder include that it is free to use and therefore available to researchers with limited funding, while still being more advanced in functionality compared to other free open-source CAQDAS such as Taguette. A weakness is the lack of online collaboration options since QualCoder is only available as a desktop application.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hagman, Jess. "Free tools for qualitative data analysis" (PDF). ANSS Currents. 36: 19–21. ISSN 0888-5559.
  2. ^ a b Wohlrab, Rebekka; Garlan, David (2022-01-11). "A negotiation support system for defining utility functions for multi-stakeholder self-adaptive systems". Requirements Engineering. doi:10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y. ISSN 1432-010X. S2CID 245895327.
  3. ^ a b Rampin, Rémi; Rampin, Vicky (2021). "Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis". The Journal of Open Source Software. 6 (68): 4. Bibcode:2021JOSS....6.3522R. doi:10.21105/joss.03522. S2CID 245092386.
  4. ^ Vardanega, Agnese (2022-01-03). "QualCoder per l'analisi qualitativa dei dati | Sociospunti" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  5. ^ Mateo, C. L. GUÍA PRÁCTICA PARA LA ORGANIZACIÓN Y SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN. ETNOGRAFÍAS DESDE EL REFLEJO: PRÁCTICA-APRENDIZAJE, 357.
  6. ^ "The QualCoder GitHub Wiki, 13. Other information". GitHub.
  7. ^ a b Brailas, Alexios; Tragou, Elena; Papachristopoulos, Konstantinos (2023-04-29). "Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis and Coding with QualCoder". American Journal of Qualitative Research. 7 (3): 19–31. doi:10.29333/ajqr/13230. ISSN 2576-2141.
  8. ^ a b Gargya, Diane; Mirkazemi, Corinne; Curtain, Colin (2022-03-24). "Qualitative exploration of the experiences of community pharmacists delivering the Diabetes MedsCheck service". Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 47 (8): 1194–1200. doi:10.1111/jcpt.13654. ISSN 0269-4727. PMC 9543553. PMID 35322454. S2CID 247629703.
  9. ^ Vera, Moses Chancellor (2021-01-01). "Year of Industrial Attachment at the Centre for Impact Evaluation and Research Design (CFIERD)". Industrial Attachment Report.
  10. ^ Salvini, Andrea (2021). "Orthodoxy and openess in (constructionist) grounded theory" (PDF). Dealing with grounded theory. Discussing, learning, and practice. Edited by Irene Psaroudakis,Thaddeus Müller and Andrea Salvini: 183.
  11. ^ a b Curtain, Colin (May 2022). "The QualCoder Manual" (PDF). GitHub.
  12. ^ Schmidt, G. (2022). Uma ferramenta web de apoio ao processo de análise qualitativa.
  13. ^ Doherty, L. (2021). Transnational long-term learners of Chinese as peer mentors: language socialization, online learning, and identity (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia).
  14. ^ "15 Sqlite data structure · ccbogel/QualCoder Wiki". GitHub.
  15. ^ "The Rotterdam Exchange Format Initiative (REFI) website".
  16. ^ Izlar, Joel (2019-10-02). "Local–global linkages: Challenges in organizing functional communities for ecosocial justice". Journal of Community Practice. 27 (3–4): 369–387. doi:10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536. ISSN 1070-5422. S2CID 202256524.
  17. ^ Pham, Tony V.; Koirala, Rishav; Kohrt, Brandon A. (2021-01-07). "Traditional and biomedical care pathways for mental well‐being in rural Nepal". International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 15 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z. ISSN 1752-4458. PMC 7792081. PMID 33413540.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  18. ^ Gómez-Giraldo, John Steven (2022-02-06). "Promoting Dialogic Action through the Expansion of English Language Learners' Communicative Repertoires". HOW Journal. 29 (1): 84–104. doi:10.19183/how.29.1.647. ISSN 0120-5927. S2CID 246646554.
  19. ^ Çay, Furkan (2022-01-31). "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis". Reflektif Journal of Social Sciences. 3 (1): 201–222. doi:10.47613/reflektif.2022.65. ISSN 2718-0344. S2CID 247047755.
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