QDA Miner

I have to say, I read through the article and had no idea which CAQDAS to try. I decided to check out QDA Miner because I like the name. I didn’t check the price of any of the others, but this one is $555 for the academic version, with add-ons for statistical and content analysis that range from $255-$525. I like that it has a statistical analysis feature - Simstat. I can imagine wanting to incorporate some statistics into qualitative research, but many of us are not really trained in that, so I’m guess a software package like this would be a nice tool. I’m really interested in the Wordstat add-on, which does content analysis and text mining. The reviews I read seemed to agree that the data coding feature in QDA miner is user friendly. There is also a multi-user feature for collaborative projects. There is a free 30 day trial for the full version of the software, so I would definitely want to try it out extensively before deciding to spend that kind of money.