Open AccessQualitative Analysis Using R: A Free Analytic Tool
Author(s) -
Samantha Estrada
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2659
Subject(s) - computer science , popularity , qualitative analysis , qualitative property , visualization , qualitative research , data visualization , data science , psychology , data mining , sociology , machine learning , social psychology , social science
R (R Development Core Team, 2011) is a powerful tool to analyze statistical data. In recent years R has gained popularity because the software is free and open source. However, evaluators and researchers do not exclusively use quantitative data. It is possible to perform qualitative analysis in R. Using data from a case study exploring a family psychoeducation recovery course, this article provides users a tutorial on how to perform a qualitative analysis and data visualization using R.