Tag: QDAcity

Abstract: Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) is a quintessential practice of theory building in academia, commercial research contexts and more. Analyzing unstructured text for themes, sentiments, and speakers is done in nearly every field of research from social sciences to information systems. C...

Abstract: Computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) supports coding, categorizing, thematic analysis and derivation of insights from qualitative data. This category of software is most frequently found in academic settings but not exclusive to those. Thinking of the potential comme...

Abstract: Internet users love fast websites and hate slow ones. They use, revisit and pay for sites with good performance and abandon bad performing sites forever. High responsiveness and optimized resource utilization are therefore essential prerequisites for a website’s popularity and financia...

Abstract: Using qualitative data analysis (QDA) to perform domain analysis and modeling has shown great promise. Yet, the evaluation of such approaches has been limited to single-case case studies. While these exploratory cases are valuable for an initial assessment, the evaluation of the efficacy ...

Abstract: Effective Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) using software tools relies on the range of supported document types to work with. The Portable Document Format (PDF) standard is widely known and used because of its versatility. Therefore, the support of PDF documents in QDA software is essentia...

Abstract: Offline usage is a great advantage for the web apps. It gives the opportunity to interact with the app without the need of constantly having the network connection. After network recovery the app synchronizes the collected offline data with the backend data. However, when the synchronized ...

Abstract: In the recent years, the popularity of Web based applications, in contrast to conventional desktop applications, has risen significantly. The advantages include platform independence, easy collaboration possibilities, decreased maintenance costs and more. Never the less, being web based re...

Abstract: Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) requires a set of competences which can best be aquired through direct experience. Transferring these competences through practical exercises to students in a classroom setting is a challenging task, due to the difficulties which arise with scaling high-touc...

Abstract: QDAcity is a cloud-based web application that supports qualitative data analysis. Many research projects are executed by multiple researchers and therefore require some degree of collaboration for the qualitative data analysis process. QDAcity already aids this process by managing a single...