Main+contributors

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 * Main Contributors to software: **

Tom Richards (1981)--developed NUD*IST

Quality Data Analysis (1984)--developed Ethnograph

(1989)--Atlas.ti developed

Sharlene Hesse-Biber et al (1990)--develop HyperResearch

** Main studies: ** 1980s--"academic journals published articles about the need for computers in qualitative research"

Tesch (1990)--published article referencing software for qualitative research

Weitzman and Miles (1995)--studied 24 different programs for qualitative research

Sources: Berg (2001), Krathwohl (1998), Tesch (1990), Weitzman & Miles (1995)