Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package Explained

Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package (qdap)
Developer:	Bryan Goodrich, Dason Kurkiewicz, Tyler Rinker
Latest Release Version:	2.4.2
Latest Release Date:	^[1]
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Genre:	Qualitative data analysis, Discourse analysis
License:	GPL2 license

Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package (qdap) is an R package for computer assisted qualitative data analysis, particularly quantitative discourse analysis, transcript analysis and natural language processing. Qdap is installable from, and runs within, the R system.

Qdap is a tool for quantitative analysis of qualitative transcripts and therefore provides a bridge between quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It is designed for transcript analysis, but its features overlap with natural language processing and text mining.

Its features include:

• tools for the preparation of transcript data
• frequency counts of sentence types, words, sentences, turns of talk, syllables
• aggregation using grouping variables
• word extracting and visualization
• statistical analysis.

For higher level statistical analysis and visualization of text, qdap is integrated with R and offers integration with other R packages.

Alternatives

• KH Coder (Windows, Linux, macOS) for quantitative content analysis and text mining.^[2]

See also

• Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software

External links

• • qdap manual
• qdap developer website
• Text Mining First-step Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: qdap: Bridging the Gap Between Qualitative Data and Quantitative Analysis . The Comprehensive R Archive Network . 27 April 2021.
2. Web site: KH Coder website. 18 February 2017.