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QualCoder is an 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]. The Qualcoder is based on Python programming language and is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux[1][3]. It is ispired by and draws from the RQDA R package[4].

Functionalities

The QualCoder functionalities include, e.g.[5]:

  • text coding,
  • images 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.

The QualCoder implemented exportation and importation of codebook through the REFI-QDA format[6]. It also implemented exportation and importation of whole research project through this format, however, it was not fully tested[5].

Contribution to research

The QualCoder was used in a number of research published in peer-reviewed journals, including research on Functional Communities[7], mental health services[8], self-adaptive systems[9], English language learners’ communicative repertoires[10], populist discourse[11], and pharmacists experience[12],

It was demonstrated in "Field Methods" journal paper that the QualCoder can be used in low-cost qualitative methodology for meeting the needs of researchers from the low- and middle-income countries[13]. Moreover, the QualCoder was recommended for online and Internet research[14].

References

  1. ^ a b Hagman, Jess. "Free tools for qualitative data analysis" (PDF). The ANSS Currents, newsletter of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. 36: 19–21. ISSN 0888-5559.
  2. ^ Wohlrab, Rebekka; Garlan, David. "A negotiation support system for defining utility functions for multi‑stakeholder self‑adaptive systems". Requirements Engineering: 3, 18.
  3. ^ a b Rampin, Rémi; Rampin, Vicky (2021). "Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis". The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(68): 4.
  4. ^ "The QualCoder GitHub Wiki, 13. Other information".
  5. ^ a b Curtain, Colin. "The QualCoder Manual" (PDF).
  6. ^ "The Rotterdam Exchange Format Initiative (REFI) website".
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Çay, Furkan (2022-01-31). "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis". Istanbul Bilgi University. 3 (1): 201–222. doi:10.47613/reflektif.2022.65. ISSN 2718-0344.
  12. ^ 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: jcpt.13654. doi:10.1111/jcpt.13654. ISSN 0269-4727.
  13. ^ Pham, Tony V (2020). "Short Take: Lowering the Access Barriers to Ethnographic Methodology". Field Methods: 6.
  14. ^ Lee, Jisue; Hollister, Jonathan M. (2020). "Internet-Mediated Research in the Age of Social Distancing: Methodological Reflections and Recommendations from Two Online Research Projects". Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society. 51: 347.