Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Home

Qualitative data analysis software offers tools that assist a user in the analysis of qualitative data. This guide provides useful links to resources on accessing qualitative data analysis software at the University of Washington, as well as repositories accepting qualitative data for deposition.

Analyzing Data

• UW's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
  Provides both Atlas.ti and Nvivo through their terminal server software, as well as other software not used in qualitative data analysis. 
  • To access the software remotely, users must sign up for a CSDE Computing Account. Available for those outside the CSDE department.
  • Starting Dec 31st 2020, CSDE computing systems will also require Husky On-Net VPN to access. 
• The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR)
  Also provides Remote Desktop computing services for qualitative data analysis.
  • Access is limited to CSSCR affiliated faculty and their research assistants.
  • To use the CSSCR's Remote Desktop computing services, the use of Husky On-Net VPN is required.

Managing and Sharing Data

• ResearchWorks
  UW's digital repository, open to faculty, researchers and students of the University of Washington.
• Open Science Framework (OSF)
  Provides resources for every step of the data management process. The OSF also provides Qualitative Research Preregistation designed to help researchers make a clearer distinction between exploratory work and confirmatory work.
• Qualitative Data Repository 
  Offers resources on various issues related to working with and sharing qualitative data.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan
  Provides guides on data management, and also accepts deposits of qualitative data. 

• Data Management Guide
• ResearchWorks