f4 is a lightweight tool
for creating and/or correcting audio and video transcriptions (e.g. from UiO's Autotekst), and coding and analyzing text data. Accepts only text files (plain text and word documents without illustrations).
- Why f4? Select f4 if you are analyzing transcriptions or simple text files and want to use a coding tool with a quick learning curve.
- If you primarily want to code, annotate, and compare codes and annotations (memos) across files, select f4.
NVivo is a comprehensive software
for mixed-method qualitative multimedia data analysis. Accepts many formats.
- Why NVivo? Select NVivo if you are analyzing more than simple text files, including results from surveys (e.g. Excel files from Nettskjema), articles and documents in PDF, pictures, multimedia, and illustrated files. You can import a range of formats, including your Zotero bibliography with full texts and notes.
- If you would like to look at codes across variables and attributes (e.g. informant variables), also select NVivo.