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The uses of Memos and Notes for analysis in Quirkos Web

There is more to analysing data than coding and labelling it. Analysis comes from thinking about your data. Our most immediate thoughts are often fleeting, random and we don't want to lose them. So we create a memo. If you want to know more about analytical uses of memos and notes, read on.

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Outsourcing decision making: AI, ethics, and qualitative research

In my own testing with ChatGPT (3.5 Turbo) it almost seems to deliberately ignore some things. A interview where a person clearly discussed a research project in Africa, ChatGPT refused to see the context

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Analysing Qualitative Research with Quirkos: interactive workshops

Hundreds of codes, grouped into descriptive themes; what are you going to do with all those codes? Come to our workshop and find out...

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Updates on Quirkos Web

Last year we announced and teased Quirkos The Next Generation - all new Quirkos designed afresh for your browser, with all the projects, data, features and functionality on any device, and it's coming soon!

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Collaboration, team-work and qualitative project sharing

Quirkos Cloud is one of the few qualitative data analysis software packages to allow live, unlimited collaboration and project sharing. It's not an extra add-on, it's available to all users without any additional costs. There are no limits...

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Quirkos 2.1 launches with support for new exchange standard!

Today we are launching a free update for Quirkos which adds support for the new QDA-XML standard which is released publicly today for the first time. This will allow users to bring their coded project data from one qualitative software package to another

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The importance of the new qualitative data exchange standard

Last week, a group of software developers from ATLAS.ti, f4analyse, Nvivo (QSR), Transana, QDA Miner (Provalis) and Quirkos were in Montreal for the third international meeting on the creation of a common file format for exchanging qualitative data projects

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Qualitative analysis software for monitoring and evaluation

Developing systems for the monitoring and evaluation of services, interventions and programmes (or programs to use the American English spelling) is a particular skill that requires great flexibility

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Using qualitative analysis software for literature reviews

You’ve probably heard of or even used a reference management software like EndNote, Mendeley or the free and open-source Zotero. However, while these tools are great for doing your references at the end of a project and integrating with Word

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Articles on using and learning Qualitative Analysis Software in general, and Quirkos in particular. Also known as CAQDAS software or QDA software tools.

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Quirkos vs Nvivo: Differences and Similarities

I’m often asked ‘How does Quirkos compare to Nvivo?’. Nvivo is by far the largest player in the qualitative software field, and is the product most researchers are familiar with. So when looking at the alternatives

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Does software lead to the homogenisation of qualitative research?

In the last couple of weeks there has been a really interesting discussion on the Qualrs-L UGA e-mail discussion group about the use of software in qualitative analysis. Part of this was the question of whether qualitative software leads to the ‘homoginisation’ of qualitative research and analysis

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Comparing qualitative software with spreadsheet and word processor software

An article was recently posted on the excellent Digital Tools for Qualitative Research blog on how you can use standard spreadsheet software like Excel to do qualitative analysis. There are many other articles describing this kind of approach, for example Susan Eliot or Meyer and Avery (2008)

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Looking back and looking forward to qualitative analysis in 2017

In the month named for Janus, it’s a good time to look back at the last year for Quirkos and qualitative analysis software and look forward to new developments for 2017

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How Quirkos can change the way you look at your qualitative data

We always get a lot of inquiries in December from departments and projects who are thinking of spending some left-over money at the end of the financial year on a few Quirkos licences. A great early Christmas present for yourself the team! It’s also a good long term investment

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Reflections on qualitative software from KWALON 2016

Last week saw a wonderful conference held by the the Dutch network for qualitative research KWALON, based at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The theme was no less than the future of Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software. Chair Jeanine Evers opened the session by outlining 8 important themes

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Include qualitative analysis software in your qualitative courses this year

A new term is just beginning, so many lecturers, professors and TAs are looking at their teaching schedule for the next year. Some will be creating new courses, or revising existing modules, wondering what to include and what’s new. So why not include qualitative analysis software?

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Making qualitative analysis software accessible

Studies and surveys seem to show that the amount of qualitative research is growing, and that more and more people are using software to help with their qualitative analysis (Woods et al. 2015). However, these studies also highlight that users report problems with learning qualitative software

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Using qualitative analysis software to teach critical thought

It’s a key part of the curriculum for British secondary school and American high school education to teach critical thought and analysis. It’s a vital life skill

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Teaching qualitative analysis software with Quirkos

When people first see Quirkos, we often hear them say “My students would love this!” The easy learning curve, the visual feedback and the ability to work on Windows or Mac appeal to students starting out in qualitative analysis. We have an increasing number of universities

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Quirkos is in Toronto!

This week’s Quirkos blog comes live from the IIQM Qualitative Health Research 2015 conference, in lovely Toronto. It’s been fun talking to people who are coming to the city for the first time, going up the CN Tower, watching the Blue Jays, and seeing the election results come in

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Freeing qualitative analysis from spreadsheet interfaces

The old mantra is that a picture tells a thousand words. You’ve probably seen Hans Rosling’s talks on visualising quantitative data, or maybe even read some of Edward Tufte’s books on data visualisation

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10-reasons-to-try-qualitative-analysis-with-quirkos

Quirkos is the newest qualitative research software product on the market, but what makes it different, and worth giving the one-month free trial a go? Here’s a guide to the top 10 benefits to switching to Quirkos

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Fracturing and choice in qualitative analysis software

Fundamental to the belief behind starting Quirkos was a feeling that qualitative research has great value to society, but should be made accessible to more people. One of the problems that we frequently saw with this was the difficulty that qualitative researchers had in choosing

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What can CAQDAS do for you? The Five-Level QDA

I briefly mentioned in my last blog post an interesting new article by Silver and Woolf (2015) on teaching QDA (Qualitative Data Analysis) and CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS). It’s a great article, not only because it draws from more than 20 years combined pedagogical experience