OpenCode 4.03)
Developer(s)Sahlen, Klas-Goran.
Stable release
4.03 / 2015
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeAnalysis of Qualitative Data Qualitative Research
Websitewww.umu.se/en/department-of-epidemiology-and-global-health/research/open-code2/

OpenCode is open source computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). It supports analysis of text.

Features

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Opencode provides code-and-retrieve functions for content analysis, including:

  • importing text from word processing programs
  • condensing text segments
  • assigning codes to segments of text
  • synthesizing codes (developing a code tree)
  • writing memos
  • finding words in text
  • searching for codes and associated segments of text

Versions

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The latest available version is OpenCode 4.03, which is available in English

See also

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Category:Qualitative research Category:Free QDA software

References

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Bolado, G.N., Ataro, B.A., Gadabo, C.K. et al. Stress level and associated factors among nurses working in the critical care unit and emergency rooms at comprehensive specialized hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2023: explanatory sequential mixed-method study. BMC Nurs 23, 341 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02004-w

ICT Services and System Development and Department of Epidemiology and Global Health (2015). OpenCode 4. University of Umeå, Sweden.

Olausson, K., Sharp, L., Fransson, P., Nyholm, T., Zackrisson, B., & Östlund, U. (2019). What matters to you? - Free-text comments in a questionnaire from patients undergoing radiotherapy. Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology, 13, 11–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2019.11.009