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What is Dedoose?

Dedoose is a cross-platform app for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods research with text, photos, audio, videos and spreadsheet data.

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Dedoose is a cross-platform app for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods research with text, photos, audio, videos and spreadsheet data.


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Seller
Dedoose
Year Founded
2006
HQ Location
Los Angeles, California
Twitter
@Dedoose
2,490 Twitter followers
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11 employees on LinkedIn®

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Recent Dedoose Reviews

Carla C.
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Carla C.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Very useful features, a bit slow interface and paid"
I really like the system it uses to help you set up tests for interrater reliability in big or small projects and involve little to huge amounts of...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
1.0 out of 5
"Trouble with customer service"
Web based access is a good feature of dedoose
Kaitlyn B.
KB
Kaitlyn B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Great mixed methods data software"
I like how multiple users can be working on the same project. This software makes it so easy to code and analyze qualitative data.
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Carla C.
CC
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I really like the system it uses to help you set up tests for interrater reliability in big or small projects and involve little to huge amounts of data. You can set it up in a way that you get a randomized sample of your data and have everyone in your team try to use the same codes to code the same data and then the system itself compares how closely you are calibrated to your teammates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

I feel like, more often than not, you get some very slow system to work with. It is as if the software itself is slow and 'heavy'. I have lost some progress because of not having a save button and you can only rely on the system to auto save Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

Dedoose if helping resolve problems for all types of qualitative data analysis and research. Personally, it is the most helpful for working or collaborating with other researchers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Noor H.
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Student Researcher
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UM
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

Web based access is a good feature of dedoose Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

I have had a lot of trouble with customer service. It took them over a month to generate an invoice. Then it was wrong. They do not answer the phone so you can not talk to a live person. It takes them days to respond to emails. Frankly, it has disrupted my research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Dedoose:

Web-based is great but the customer support is lacking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

No benefits over NVivo and Hyperresearch at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I like that dedoose allows you to work together on a project simultaneously. For me, I work with dedoose only for coding purposes, coding for a research project. And dedoose is helpful that I can access dedoose easily through that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

I do not like how the home page of dedoose is actually quite hard to navigate when you first start using it. There are a lot of components, features, and things going on with the home page dashboard. And there are multiple tabs as well. This set up makes it a bit hard for someone who is new to using dedoose and needs to figure out how to navigate through the tabs and etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Dedoose:

Dedoose is great for coding, but this is only what I have used it for. In addition to this, I do know that dedoose is also used for recruiting purposes in research studies. If you would like to recruit participants for a reserach study that is online, I do know that dedoose is good for this - I heard from other colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use dedoose to solve coding disrepancies for a research project. Two people on team (the two coders) have coded text based on behavioral targets, and I use Dedoose to log in to help them resolve any coding disrepancies and check that both independent coders are on the same page.

benefits - dedoose is easy to use in that regard. I know to go to the tab "Media" and click on the project I am working on and just work in there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kaitlyn B.
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Higher Education
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I like how multiple users can be working on the same project. This software makes it so easy to code and analyze qualitative data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

Sometimes the browser edition was very slow and it was difficult to get in contact with support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are attempting to distinguish the coping mechanisms for young black males that have experienced homicide or violent injury in their past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PC
Research Assistant
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

It is free, user -friendly, and has added product feature of importing all sorts of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

Two points:

1.Needs flash upgrade to login to the page.

2.Multiple file upload at a time(import) takes a lot of time. However, sequential import(one-by-one) is takes very less time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Dedoose:

I think for research analysis,dataset preparation, data validation, analytics this is one of the best software and much easier to operate than Excel. for e.g. Pivot tables etc. Also, make sure your flash is upgraded for any browser you use as the software doesn't have integrated Adobe flash in their software and it is needed externally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am in research field and this software is used for research analysis basically text-analysis for preparation of data-set , defining of features, dimensions etc, coding of data in spreadsheet is a cumbersome effort. Dedoose make's the text/content analysis very easy, along-with import/export feature to different file formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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UH
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I am using dedoose for a research project that involved coding focus group transcripts. My favorite thing about it is that it allows you to see what codes other have already suggested, and this is great because it makes the process a lot more efficient and allows us to build on each others work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

I am a fairly new user, and have not run into anything that I do not like yet. However, when I first started it took be a bit to figure out where everything is located, but now that I know the basics the app seems pretty straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Dedoose:

This is great for research teams whose members are not located in the same place. It makes coding of interviews and focus groups really easy to coordinate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using dedoose for a university research project. Our team is not always in the same location, and dedoose makes it easier to continue collaborating when we are not meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

Once you get a project setup and moving, Dedoose does what it does well. I've yet to find anything else that matches Dedoose on features and price point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

Setting up a project is a massive time sink. The onerous process has catalyzed many many many moments of procrastination and frustration and searching for an alternative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Dedoose:

Take time to get the project setup properly! It will make ALL the difference. Also, reach out to their customer support team. Everyone I've ever heard from there has been super helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mixed methods research and quisitive inquiry! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ivana M.
IM
Research Technician
Government Administration
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I like the example given when you start to use an account for the first time. I like the ease of importing and exporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

It is very hard to learn how to use, having an example project is not enough training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

Inputting evaluations from inmates in the prison systems. Their responses are written out so it is difficult to analyze without software like this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
UH
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Dedoose?

I like that it appears like other qualitative research software, but that but is about it. It's similar in terms of how to code information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dedoose?

I always get user errors and sometimes that software does not work well in general. I find it more frustrating to use as compare to other qualitative software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dedoose solving and how is that benefiting you?

i am trying to do rare disease research through qualitative research and interviewing by providing more information about clinical trials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.