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Posted by Dellu
Oct 11, 2018 at 12:59 PM
Mirce wrote:
>I just checked this by sending an annotated pdf from TagNotate to
>PDFViewer and GoodReader - the highlights and notes taken in TN are are
>correctly transferred, i.e. visible. However, the tags are not shown of
>course.
you are right, the annotation is standard. That is good news. I probably tested it earlier (beta) or confused it with another app.
>I must confess that I never heard of these applications. They seem
>really powerfull, but also daunting. Especially this commenting on the
>quotations seems very useful.
>But the price of Atlas Ti - really frightening. 930€ for a single
>user, non-commercial license. :(
>
AtlasTi is really powerful. The concept mapping (mind mapping) tool also helps you map the quotations/comments or the tags(codes) to construct new ideas.
it is very powerful machine for understanding literature and generating new ideas.
MaxQDA is the same. I find the Quotation feature in MaxQda a little lacking. MaxQDA is better on the license side. Once you pay for the license, you can use the application for life (so far as you don’t want to upgrade). The license in Atlas Ti is a huge pain the ass.
It works only for 2 years. And, you are locked out of your data if you forget to export.
Posted by Lothar Scholz
Oct 11, 2018 at 06:09 PM
>MaxQDA is the same. I find the Quotation feature in MaxQda a little
>lacking. MaxQDA is better on the license side.
I find it amazing who the qualitative text analysis guys escaped the software price drop trend of the past. And there seem to be only three giants Atlas TI, MaxQDA and Nvivo who better share the market then going into competition with each other pricewise.
Posted by Dellu
Oct 12, 2018 at 08:27 AM
Lothar Scholz wrote:
>
>>MaxQDA is the same. I find the Quotation feature in MaxQda a little
>>lacking. MaxQDA is better on the license side.
>
>I find it amazing who the qualitative text analysis guys escaped the
>software price drop trend of the past. And there seem to be only three
>giants Atlas TI, MaxQDA and Nvivo who better share the market then going
>into competition with each other pricewise.
>
>
I think they survive because of the universities.
Many universities and colleges pay these expensive prices because they are mostly owned by governments (less care is given). Private users are very rare. The university I am studying at also offers Nvivo license. But, I find the Mac version of NVIVO pretty dismal.
Here is my note on these three applications:
https://dellu.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/maxqda-vs-atlasti/
Posted by Dellu
Oct 12, 2018 at 08:44 AM
The tagging feature in this little/cheap application, TagNotate, could replace the coding feature in MaxQDA.
Posted by Carrot
Nov 19, 2018 at 07:13 PM
Around ten years ago several friends and I got together to plan a note-taking software that would do exactly what you, me, and a lot of other people want: an note-taking application that allows tagging of content. This feature is critical for all qualitative data analysis software (QDA applications). Most QDA apps are expensive and have very restrictive licenses.
However, one of the QDA vendors, ResearchWare produces a product called HyperResearch which is priced reasonably, especially the student version, and can be run from a USB pen drive which makes it invaluable to researchers who move from computer to computer. Despite snail-pace development of their products, the company finally released HyperReserach 4 earlier this year which includes the ability to tag PDF documents in addition to wordprocessor documents, audio files and video. Compared to the big players of AtlasTI and MaxQDA, their interface is dull, PDF editor, audio and video editors are quite simplistic, but they get the job done. And for a price that is much lower than the big names.
I’m not affiliated with ResearchWare. They have a good product that is strangely not used very much it appears.
Dellu wrote:
>
That is exactly why I have
>been using Atlas.Ti, Nvivo and MaxQda. Almost all the quantitative data
>analysis software follow the same strategy. You annotate a specific part
>(paragraph), quote it as well in the case of Atlas Ti, and tag (code
>it). You can then construct a collection of documents or quotations
>across documents using the tags.
>
>It is a very neat way of reading and processing information. I find
>Atlas Ti much more efficient because of the quotations; and that I can
>write comments, titles, and summaries to the quotations. But, the
>license is very expensive.
>I paid a hefty cost; and works only for 2 years. That has been a big
>problem to me.
>
>
>Thank you for bringing Tagnotate to our attention. I will check it again
>(if it can replace at least part of the functions of the Atlas Ti).
>