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Quantitative narrative analysis software options compared: PC-ACE and CAQDAS (ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, and NVivo)

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  • Roberto Franzosi
  • Sophie Doyle
  • Laura McClelland
  • Caddie Putnam Rankin
  • Stefania Vicari

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This paper shows how to carry out quantitative narrative analysis (QNA) with different text analysis software (PC-ACE, Program for Computer-Assisted Coding of Events, and various CAQDAS programs, Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA, and NVivo). QNA is a methodological approach to narrative texts that exploits invariant properties of narrative (namely, a “story grammar”, based on actors, actions, and their attributes) to make a statistical analysis of words possible. In comparing PC-ACE and CAQDAS, the paper leads the reader through the steps involved in setting up a grammar, in data entry, and in data query. A careful comparison of limits and possibilities of the two types of software will allow the reader interested in QNA to make an informed choice between a full implementation of QNA in a specialized but unknown software (PC-ACE) and a limited implementation in any of the widely used and popular CAQDAS programs. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Roberto Franzosi & Sophie Doyle & Laura McClelland & Caddie Putnam Rankin & Stefania Vicari, 2013. "Quantitative narrative analysis software options compared: PC-ACE and CAQDAS (ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, and NVivo)," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(6), pages 3219-3247, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:47:y:2013:i:6:p:3219-3247
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9714-3
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