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Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package
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<p>Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package (qdap) is an <a href="/facts/R_(programming_language)/LSrkr8K8">R</a> package for computer assisted <a href="/facts/Qualitative_data_analysis/po7v42yR">qualitative data analysis</a>, particularly quantitative <a href="/facts/Discourse_analysis/aoqbxvVW">discourse analysis</a>, <a href="/facts/Transcription_(genetics)/bDgp9HDN">transcript</a> analysis and <a href="/facts/Natural_language_processing/1hjMKsSN">natural language processing</a>. Qdap is installable from, and runs within, the R system. </p><p>Qdap is a tool for quantitative analysis of qualitative transcripts and therefore provides a bridge between quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It is designed for transcript analysis, but its features overlap with natural language processing and <a href="/facts/Text_mining/5QsIa3Cz">text mining</a>. </p><p>Its features include: </p> <ul><li>tools for the preparation of transcript data</li> <li>frequency counts of sentence types, words, sentences, turns of talk, syllables</li> <li>aggregation using grouping variables</li> <li>word extracting and visualization</li> <li>statistical analysis.</li></ul> <p>For higher level statistical analysis and visualization of text, qdap is integrated with <a href="/facts/R_(programming_language)/LSrkr8K8">R</a> and offers integration with other R packages. </p>