Software:QualCoder

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QualCoder
Original author(s)Colin Curtain
Stable release
3.0 / 20 May 2022
Written inPython
Operating systemWindows, Mac, Linux
LicenseMIT License
Websitehttps://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder

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][1]:

  • 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[2], English language learners’ communicative repertoires[9], populist discourse[10], and pharmacists experience[11].

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[12]. Moreover, the QualCoder was recommended for online and Internet research[13] and can be used in game analysis[14].

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hagman, Jess. "Free tools for qualitative data analysis". 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. https://acrl.ala.org/anss/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-fall-anss-currents.pdf. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wohlrab, Rebekka; Garlan, David (2022-01-11). "A negotiation support system for defining utility functions for multi-stakeholder self-adaptive systems" (in en). Requirements Engineering. doi:10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y. ISSN 1432-010X. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-021-00368-y. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rampin, Rémi; Rampin, Vicky (2021). "Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis". The Journal of Open Source Software 6(68): 4. https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03522. 
  4. ↑ "The QualCoder GitHub Wiki, 13. Other information". https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/wiki/13-Other-information. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Curtain, Colin. "The QualCoder Manual". https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/blob/master/QualCoder_Manual.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "The Rotterdam Exchange Format Initiative (REFI) website". https://www.qdasoftware.org/products-codebook-exchange/. 
  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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1657536. 
  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. PMID 33413540. PMC PMC7792081. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00433-z. 
  9. ↑ Gómez-Giraldo, John Steven (2022-02-06). "Promoting Dialogic Action through the Expansion of English Language Learners’ Communicative Repertoires" (in en). HOW Journal 29 (1): 84–104. doi:10.19183/how.29.1.647. ISSN 0120-5927. https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/647. 
  10. ↑ Çay, Furkan (2022-01-31). "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis" (in en). Istanbul Bilgi University 3 (1): 201–222. doi:10.47613/reflektif.2022.65. ISSN 2718-0344. https://dergi.bilgi.edu.tr/index.php/reflektif/article/view/97/78. 
  11. ↑ Gargya, Diane; Mirkazemi, Corinne; Curtain, Colin (2022-03-24). "Qualitative exploration of the experiences of community pharmacists delivering the Diabetes MedsCheck service" (in en). Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics: jcpt.13654. doi:10.1111/jcpt.13654. ISSN 0269-4727. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpt.13654. 
  12. ↑ Pham, Tony V (2020). "Short Take: Lowering the Access Barriers to Ethnographic Methodology". Field Methods: 6. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1525822X20971092. 
  13. ↑ 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. https://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO202026759806978.page. 
  14. ↑ Malliet, Rowan Daneels, Maarten Denoo, Alexander Vandewalle, Bruno Dupont, Steven (2022-04). "The Digital Game Analysis Protocol (DiGAP): Introducing a Guide for Reflexive and Transparent Game Analyses". Game Studies 22 (2). ISSN 1604-7982. http://gamestudies.org/2202/articles/gap_daneels_denoo_vandewalle_dupont_malliet. 

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