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QUALitative Research & Tools

Find tutorials about conducting Qualitative research, including resources on methodologies and software.

ATLAS.ti, by Scientific Software Development, is a long-time popular code-and-retrieve software packages for Qualitative research. It was originally designed for grounded theory analysis, but now is flexible enough to handle many purposes. Atlas.ti is now at version 23 (as in 2024)--there is no Atlas.ti versions 10-21. Updates over the past 5 years have been substantial and have drastically increased usability and competitiveness with other options. Compared with other qualitative software, Atlas.ti tends to have more flexibility with viewing and searching.

FAQ: How do I get access to Qualitative Software?

  • One copy of Atlas.ti 22 and Atlas.ti 9 is available in Data & Digital Scholarship Services
  • A student license is available for as little as ~$50

There is a cloud-based Web version, which is free with the purchase of a desktop license.

Tutorials

45 min Live Webinar

ATLAS.ti in 45 minutes, from ATLAS.ti - Webinar offered multiple times per week. Offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Atlas.ti 23 Improvements

  • Cloud Collaboration
  • Visualizations for Code-Co-occurences
  • Tree Maps
  • Advanced Auto Coding (AI-powered)
  • Various tweaks to the interface

20 Minutes, On Demand

  v22/23 Windows v22/23 Mac
Getting Started Tour ~ 4 min ~ 4 min
Managing Documents ~ 2.5 min ~2 min
Quotations & Codes ~ 1.5 min + ~1.5 min ~1 min + ~1 min
Reviewing Coded Data ~ 1 min ~ 1 min
Managing Codes ~ 4.5 min ~ 4.5 min 
Memos ~2 min ~2 min
Visualization ~2 min  
Searching ~2 min + ~2 min ~2 min + ~2 min
AI Coding Tools ~3 min

Resources from Scientific Software Development

Other Video Tutorials

Books about Altas.ti