Connecting the Dots: A Review of Traversing the Uncharted Arena of Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Mapping Out QDA Miner 4.1 as a First-Time User

Abstract

A review of QDA Miner 4.1, a mixed method computer assisted data analysis software (CAQDAS), was conducted to determine how accommodating (if at all) the software was for beginning researchers and/or individuals less proficient with computers. Rather than maintaining the more traditional focus on the technical functionality of QDA Miner, this review was structured around the needs and interests of a beginning researcher. Although QDA Miner offers a variety of helpful resources, questions regarding how to structure initial project to ensure findings yield methodological accuracy remain.