Final Thesis: QDA Austauschformate in QDAcity
Abstract: There are many QDA software solutions available on the market, and QDAcity is one of them. Each of these solutions has its own advantages and disadvantages. It can happen that researchers switch from one QDA software application to another, whether voluntarily or not. Before the start of this master’s thesis, it was not possible to export data from QDAcity to use it in other QDA software. This limitation reduced the attractiveness of QDAcity, which could result in it being used less or not chosen at all. The lack of export functionality also made it difficult for researchers to archive their projects or share their results with others. In this work, the ability to exchange data between QDAcity and other QDA software solutions was improved. To this end, the REFI-QDA standard was introduced into QDAcity, enabling the import and export of codebooks and projects. This standard is used by many QDA software solutions, which significantly enhances the interoperability of QDAcity. The goal of this work was to explore how data in QDAcity is processed and exported into a format that can be imported into other QDA software. Additionally, new export formats were implemented to assist QDAcity users in further processing their analyses. Besides the export, the import functionality was also extended, allowing projects from other QDA software solutions to be imported into QDAcity. All these measures aim to make QDAcity more attractive from the researchers’ perspective.
PDF: Master Thesis
Reference: Wingkin Mak. QDA Austauschformate in QDAcity. Master Thesis. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 2025.