Month: April 2025

Maximizing Software Use: Teaching Strategies for Qualitative Analysis

One of the last MAXDAYS sessions was a presentation by Joel Drevlow on “Teaching Qualitative Data Analysis with MAXQDA.” Drevlow is a freelance consultant/researcher and has a company called iQDAS Consulting. Drevlow has experience as a MAXQDA Certified Trainer and program evaluator. He asked the audience to consider the complicated relationship between software and analysis. […]
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Analyzing Qualitative Data in Life Sciences with MAXQDA

Danielle Jacques from Blue Matter Consulting presented at MAXDAYS 2025 on “Using MAXQDA to analyze large-scale global qualitative primary market research for a life sciences client.” Their clients include pharmaceutical companies. Jacques shared the background and research questions. Jacques and team conducted 88 virtual interviews. Fifty six were doctors. Thirty two patients and care partners […]
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Using Paraphrasing Tools in Literature Reviews

Tonight I watched Michael Gizzi present an advance webinar on “Creating Literature Reviews with AI-Assist.” This session was recorded on April 17, 2025. AI Assist, Gizzi noted, can be a powerful companion. Gizzi shared the question: What are our goals with building a literature review?– Identifying different methods– Identifying research questions– Capturing key findings– Looking […]
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Essential MAXQDA Features for Effective Word Analysis

Today I watched the MAXDAYS 2025 session titled “Making Use of Word-Based Features in Your Research.” Michael Gizzi from Illinois State University and Certified MAXQDA Trainer presented. Gizzi noted that there are numerous word-based analysis tools in MAXQDA: text search, autocode, word explorer, word frequencies, word combinations, keywords in context, interactive word tree, and dictionary-based […]
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How to Use MAXMaps for Effective Concept Mapping

Tamara Pataki from MAXQDA presented at MAXDAYS 2025. The title of the session was “Exploring MAXMaps: Creating Concept Maps.” Pataki noted that you can create free maps or pre-built models. I have been curious about the pre-built templates/models! You can import elements including geographical information, noted Pataki. When creating free maps, users can emphasize connections […]
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Data to Decisions: Case Studies from Mercy Corps at MAXDAYS 2025

Ala’a Issa, Sydney Stevenson, and Meri Ghorkhmazyan presented at MAXDAYS 2025 on “From Data to Decisions: Mercy Corps’ Experience with MAXQDA.” Mercy Corps helps communities survive crises and works globally. Mercy Corps adopted MAXQDA. They currently have 40 MAXQDA floating licenses! Issa shared this information and introduced case studies. The first one was program performance […]
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Enhancing Team Collaboration in MAXQDA

Tonight I watched the MAXDAYS session “Collaborating in MAXQDA: Best Practices for Teams.” Joel Drevlow from iQDAS Consulting. Drevlow noted that this session was based on a chapter they wrote in a publication by MAXQDA Press. Drevlow did a lot of program evaluation and survey analysis. Analyzing collaboratively, Drevlow explained, has several advantages: multiplicity of […]
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