Min Zhu

Alexandru Caratas

Software for Qualitative and

Quantitative Data Analysis

Software for Qualitative

Data Analysis

CAQDAS

Introduced in 1991

Functions:

o Coding

o Searching

o Memo-ing

o Variables/attributes

o Grouping codes and documents

Structured work & data interactivity

CAQDASFree/Open Source Proprietary

QDA Miner Lite

Aquad

CAT (web-based)

Compendium

RQDA

QDA Miner

NVivo

MAXQDA

ATLAS.ti

Quirkos

NVivo

Analyzing all forms of unstructured data

Fields: e.g. Psychology, Anthropology

Produced by QSR International

For Windows, Mac OS

Video: Introduction to the NVivo software

Screenshots

Screenshots

Software for Quantitative

Data Analysis

Software for quantitative

data analysis

SPSS

= Statistical Package for

Social Science

The most popular

quantitative analysis

software program

Acquired by IBM in 2009

Current versions (2014)

are officially named “IBM

SPSS Statistics”.

What Can SPSS

Statistics Be Used For?

Integrated family of products

Addresses the entire analytical process:

oPlanning

oData collection

oAnalysis

oReporting

oDeployment

The IBM SPSS Statistics

Standard edition Linear models offer a variety of regression and

advanced statistical procedures designed to fit the inherent characteristics of data describing complex relationships.

Nonlinear models provide the ability to apply more sophisticated models to data.

Simulation capabilities help analysts automatically model many possible outcomes when inputs are uncertain, improving risk analysis and decision making.

Customized tables enable users to easily understand their data and quickly summarize results in different styles for different audiences.

Screenshots

Screenshots

How Can I Get Access to

SPSS Statistics?

Free trial Free trial in 14 days

SPSS Statistics

Desktop, V22.0

available packages

Buy it IBM SPSS Statistics

Standard Authorized

User Initial Fixed Term

License + SW

Subscription &

Support 12 Months

Price: 2460.00$

Software suite developed by SAS

Institute for advanced

analytics, business intelligence, data

management, and predictive analytics

Largest market-share

holder for advanced

analytics.

SAS

What Can SAS Be Used

For?

Data Mining

Statistical Analysis

Forecasting

Text Analytics

Optimization &

Simulation

How Can I Get Access To

SAS?

SAS University Edition and SAS OnDemand

for Academics make SAS software available

at no cost for teaching and learning purposes.

Download

http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-

edition.html

The R Project

Language and environment

for statistical computing and

graphics

GNU project, similar to the S

language and environment

which was developed at Bell

Laboratories by John

Chambers and colleagues

Can be considered as a

different implementation of S

What Can The R Project Be

Used For?

Wide variety of statistical and graphical

techniques, including linear and nonlinear

modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series

analysis, classification, clustering, and others.

How Can I Get Access To R?

Available as Free Software in source code form

UNIX platforms and similar systems (including

FreeBSD and Linux), Windows and Mac OS

Download: http://www.r-project.org/

Thank You

For Your

Attention!SOURCES:

http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

http://sociology.about.com/od/Research-Tools/a/Computer-programs-quantitative-data.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSS

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/

http://www.r-project.org/

http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_CAQDAS/

http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_qualitative_data_analysis_software

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLZ7fqSEEc