You might have to learn how to handle a new program and might lose access to the data and analysis you had on the previous software. It might happen, however, that you switch institutions and the new one supports a different software. Most researchers rely on the software their institution supports, so they do not need to pay for it. Have in mind that some program features might not be useful for you, so better not to bother with learning them. If you are a nerd like me, you might risk getting stuck in trying to learn ALL about the program. You may get trapped in the technical bits.You can easily do that by printing lists of categories, quotations, or analytical interpretation memos, and reading or making comparisons outside the computer. Too much computer! It is a matter of personal preference, but sometimes I find it useful to work on paper sometimes.It takes time to learn the program's features and to understand how to best benefit from it. You will learn while doing it, but it is better to kick off the learning process before you need to do the actual analysis and and are under time pressure to finish the project. If it is your first time using a qualitative data analysis software, be aware that it takes time.
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