Aquad
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| Aquad (Windows) | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Günter Huber |
| Stable release | 8
/ 2020 |
| Repository |
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| Engine | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Analysis of Qualitative Data Qualitative Research |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | www |
Aquad (an abbreviation of Analysis of Qualitative Data) is open source computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). It supports analysis of text, audio, video, and graphical data.[1][2]
Features
[edit | edit source]Aquad provides functions for content analysis, including:
- Text search: looking for segments in texts
- Classifying: labeling text, audio, image, and videosdata
- Writing memos (annotation): inserting annotations linked to parts or whole texts, audios, photos, or videos
- Word analysis: counting words according to criteria
- Retrieval by file name, code, keyword, or content: Retrieval of segments according to criteria
- Tabular analysis: constructing tables combining criteria and arranging data in rows and columns
- Construction of linkage hypotheses: looking for relationships across data
- Comparison of cases/files: contrasting coding across files
- Sequential analysis: objective hermeneutics
- Comparison of cases by Boolean analysis: critical features and identification of "types" as introduced by Charles Ragin.
- Export data: quantitative software as R, SPSS, and PSPP for statistical analysis.
Data context
[edit | edit source]Data can be directly analyzed on the screen (one-step) or outside (two-steps). One-step allows on-screen coding with digitized data. Two-steps allows the user to enter codes on the screen, keeping the documents on the desk or in other means such as cameras, TVs, etc. For instance, two-steps allows the analysis of recordings, diaries, incunabula, or objects without transcribing, taking photos, or scanning them.[3][4]
Comparison of cases/files by Boolean analysis
[edit | edit source]Aquad allows comparison of cases/files by "logical minimization", by using its own algorithm and the R package qualitative comparative analysis to determine implicants .[5]
Versions
[edit | edit source]The latest available version is Aquad 8, which is available in German, English, and Spanish. Version 7 is also available for download.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Case study
- Qualitative economics
- Qualitative marketing research
- Qualitative psychological research
- Qualitative research
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Feliz Murias, T. (2012). Análisis de contenido de la comunicación asíncrona en la formación universitaria Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine (Content analysis of asynchronous communication in the university training).Revista de Educación, 358, Mayo-agosto 2012, pp. 282-309.
- Gil Flores, J. (Director) (2007). El tratamiento de datos en investigación cualitativa con AQUAD[permanent dead link] (Data processing in qualitative research). Universidad de Sevilla.
- Huber, G. L. & Gürtler, L. (2013) AQUAD 7. Manual: The Analysis of Qualitative data. Tübingen: Ingeborg Huber Verlag. Download Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- López Regalado, O. (2008). Tutorial of Aquad 6.
- Ragin, C. C. (1989) The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Google Books
- Ricoy Lorenzo, M.C., Sevillano García, M.L. & Feliz Murias, T. (2011). Competencias necesarias para la utilización de las principales herramientas de Internet en la educación (Competences Needed to Use the Main Internet Tools in Education). Revista de Educación, 356. Septiembre-diciembre 2011, pp. 483-507.
- Spanish Association for the Advance of Qualitative Research (2018). AQUAD 7: programa análisis de datos de acceso abierto. Asociación Española para el Avance de la Investigación Cualitativa.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Official manual Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine