A qualitative software system should be intuitive, quick to learn, address the planned research analysis, and should assist in visually identifying constructs and theories. The software program should be reasonably priced which includes the time and effort to learn the program. The contemporary qualitative software analysis programs/Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) appear to be intuitive and provide more features.  A software programs that the researcher uses should include codes for descriptive labels to sort for patterns, identify outliers, and identify constructs and themes.

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