Our company (Maritz) adopted a tool called ClearVoice by Clear Forest. I
haven't used it myself, but others in the company did. Also, one of our
major clients is using Intelliseek. I assume you can find info about these
on the internet.

Thanks,

N. Funda Çalapöver Whitaker
St. Louis, Missouri
(636) 527-7740
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>From: Roohi Choudhry <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Roohi Choudhry <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Coding qualitative data - question
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 10:02:44 -0400
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm looking for a versatile piece of software to code extensive
>amounts of qualitative data. Basically, what I'm looking to do is be
>able to go through reams of notes and code specific blocks of text
>according to a predefined coding frame, and then export the codes to
>SPSS to analyze them quantitatively (once matched to other variables).
>
>Software I've previously used, such as NUD*ST, tends to be more for
>forming themes/theories based on notes, such as from focus groups, and
>doesn't seem to be very handy for this kind of coding.
>
>Has anyone does this recently, and have any software tips to share?
>Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Roohi