I'm a qualitative researcher not currently attached to a University and so without access to expensive, traditional QDA software. I'm looking for an affordable alternative that my employer won't balk at. A colleague here mentioned Dedoose, and I'm wondering what people's experiences are with it. Certainly, the price looks right.
I teach a class on Qualitative Data Analysis and I routinely introduce my students to Dedoose, so I can testify that it is full-featured analysis package.
If money is an issue, one alternative that you might check out is QDA Miner Lite, which is free. (However, the full-featured version of QDA Miner is quite expensive because it has many features that are not found in other programs.)
I teach a class on Qualitative Data Analysis and I routinely introduce my students to Dedoose, so I can testify that it is full-featured analysis package.
If money is an issue, one alternative that you might check out is QDA Miner Lite, which is free. (However, the full-featured version of QDA Miner is quite expensive because it has many features that are not found in other programs.)
I used Dedoose about 3 years ago to analyze 14 or 15 interviews. Being web-based, it allowed three researchers to analyze data without conflicts. It was more intuitive to use than NVIVO and provided what I needed for the project with minimum frustrations. The version I used was pay-as-you go by the month, about $13/mo. The problem I encountered was having my data held for ransom. After analyzing data and drafting a manuscript, we let the payment lapse b/c we thought we were finished with the analysis. Reviewers asked for quotes to support specific findings and that necessitated reviewing our data and codes in Dedoose. We had to pay for the six months that we had not used Dedoose to get access to our data for more than 10 minutes at a time. Maybe, (I hope) this has changed since I used the product.
I never had the "ransom" problem that Charlotte experienced. Instead, I have only been charged for the months when I actually used the program. For example, I used it for month each year in my classes, and was only charged for each of those months.
I wonder if anyone is reading this thread in 2019? I am learning Dedoose and starting to analyze 9 interviews for doctoral research. I would love to know about the learning curve and whether anyone developed their initial coding based on results of a literature review? Or, is there another way to start the process that might be considered? Thanks!
Heather, I think Dedoose is an excellent choice an the price is reasonable. In fact it is a bargain for the features you get. I found plenty of videos to help me orient to the features, too.
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