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Weft QDA


Weft QDA is an easy-to-use tool to assist in the analysis of textual data such as interview transcripts, written texts and fieldnotes. It includes a number of fairly standard CAQDAS features (follow links to see screenshots): * Import documents from plain text or PDF * Character-level coding using categories organised in a tree structure * Category and document memos * Retrieval of coded text and "coding-on" * Simple coding statistics * Fast free-text search * Combine coding and searches using boolean queries: AND, OR, AND NOT * "Code Review" to compare the coding of multiple categories * Export to HTML and CSV formats * Single-file (*.qdp) project format * Available FREE on Windows & Linux, under a public domain licence

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