Dedoose is a

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for

mixed methods research Multimethodology or multimethod research includes the use of more than one method of data collection or research in a research study or set of related studies. Mixed methods research is more specific in that it includes the mixing of qualitative a ...

developed by academics from

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, with support from the William T. Grant Foundation, and is the successor to EthnoNotes. Dedoose is an alternative to other

qualitative data analysis Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This ...

software, explicitly aimed at facilitating rigorous mixed methods research. It is used by researchers funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, including among those in its Faculty Scholars Program. Dedoose and EthnoNotes have gained recognition for their integration of qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods in combination with interactive

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s. The Dedoose family of tools have been used in a wide variety of studies in many industries from medical,

market research Market research is an organized effort to gather information about target markets and customers: know about them, starting with who they are. It is an important component of business strategy and a major factor in maintaining competitiveness. Mark ...

, social policy research, and other academic

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research Dedoose is designed, developed, and operated by SocioCultural Research Consultants (SCRC), whose majority of ownership (i.e. 2 people) consists of academics from UCLA.

System Crash

On May 6, 2014, Dedoose suffered a major system failure, resulting in the corruption and loss of significant amounts of data and service availability problems. All accounts created after March 2 and all data added after March 30 were erased. Data added to the system in March by existing users was restored to Dedoose on May 16. According to SCRC, the system crash involved a failure of its

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cloud services during a database backup. SCRC took full responsibility for the crash and pledged "to do all we can to help rebuild any project if there are tangible ways we can assist." Carl Straumsheim noted that, "the Dedoose crash should serve as a warning to colleges and universities as they consider moving sensitive information to the cloud".

Dedoose Interface

File:DedooseQualitativeExcerpting.jpg, Codification of Qualitative Data File:Quanitative.jpg, Integration of Quantitative Data File:DedooseBubbleChart.jpg, Interactive Mixed Methods Data Visualization Bubble Chart

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System Crash

Dedoose Interface

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