I am personally a huge fan of Dedoose software because it's inexpensive, intuitive, cloud-based, and incredibly easy to collaborate with in group.  Also their IT support is wonderful!  Here are links to their site to help support your work: 

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​1.    Getting Started

• Register for a Dedoose account: one-month free trial, then a monthly subscription with individual, small group, large group, and student pricing, currently ranging from $11-$15 per month: http://dedoose.com/

• Video overview: 12-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uvUnP6JZq0

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2.    Setting things up

• Import documents: e.g., transcripts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwATUUcOk8

• Participant descriptors: e.g., demographic information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPrR0MwnEg

• Add users: collaboration is key! Adding multiple coders and collaborators to a project: https://dedoose.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204040836-How-do-I-add-users-to-my-project-

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3.    Coding: either a priori or emergent codes

• Setting up codes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyQgUrCxg8

• Excerpting: coding excerpts

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6ZtBQz2ZE

  • https://www.dedoose.com/userguide/codingandexcerpting/thequickcodewidget#TheQuickCodeWidget

• Exporting codes and excerpts to Excel: https://youtu.be/cpK3Zkcytmg

• Memos: creating memos in Dedoose: https://www.dedoose.com/userguide/memos/memosarticle#MemosArticle

 

4.    Trustworthiness

• Verifying codes: review your excerpts and their codes to check for validity: https://www.dedoose.com/userguide/codingandexcerpting/excerptreviewingadditionalcodingtagging#ExcerptReviewingAdditionalCodingTagging

• Inter-rater reliability: either export to Excel and calculate hit/miss ratio, or create a “Training Center Test” within Dedoose to test for IRR: https://www.dedoose.com/userguide/interraterreliability/trainingcenterarticle#TrainingCenterArticle

• Helpful charts regarding trustworthiness: use of codes, coder stats, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtlLIGqN6cE 

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5.    Data visualization

• Helpful charts for data analysis: https://www.dedoose.com/userguide/analysisandfiltering/analyzeworkspacechartstablesandplots#AnalyzeWorkspaceChartsTablesAndPlots

• Chart explanations: http://www.dedoose.com/userguide/analysisandfiltering

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