|
 |
EZ-Text
Software
"CDC EZ-Text"
is a software program developed to assist researchers create, manage, and analyze
semi-structured qualitative databases. Researchers can design a series of data
entry templates tailored to their questionnaire. These questionnaires are usually
administered during face-to-face interviews with a sample of respondents. A response
to a question may be entered into EZ-Text either as a verbatim transcript (e.g.,
from a tape recording), or a summary generated from the interviewer's notes. Data
from respondents can be typed directly into the templates or copied from word
processor documents. Following data entry, investigators can interactively create
on-line codebooks, apply codes to specific response passages, develop case studies,
conduct database searches to identify text passages that meet user-specified conditions,
and export data in a wide array of formats for further analysis with other qualitative
or statistical analysis software programs. Project managers can merge data files
generated by different interviewers for combined cross-site analyses. The ability
to export and import the codebook helps to coordinate the efforts of multiple
coders simultaneously working with copies of the same database file.
To
install EZ-Text click here and follow the instructions. | | | | Select
this link to view the EZ-Text Manual in Adobe Acrobat format.
(If you do not
have Adobe Acrobat installed click here on how
to install it.) |
|
 | |
