alexocculate / qdap

Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package: Bridging the gap between qualitative data and quantitative analysis

qdap

qdap (Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package) is an R package designed to assist in quantitative discourse analysis. The package stands as a bridge between qualitative transcripts of dialogue and statistical analysis & visualization.

Installation

To download the development version of qdap:

Download the zip ball or tar ball, decompress and run R CMD INSTALL on it, or use the pacman package to install the development version (The user may want to install the dev version of reports first):

if (!require("pacman")) install.packages("pacman")
pacman::p_load_gh(
    "trinker/qdapDictionaries",
    "trinker/qdapRegex",
    "trinker/qdapTools",
    "trinker/qdap"
)

Note: Windows users need Rtools and devtools to install this way.

Note: Mac users might be required to install the appropriate version XTools from the Apple Developer site in order to install the development version. You may need to register as an Apple developer. An older version of XTools may also be required.

Help

• Web Page
• Vignettes:
  • HTML Vignette: Introduction to qdap
  • PDF Vignette: qdap-tm Package Compatibility
  • PDF Vignette: Cleaning Text & Debugging
• Package PDF Help Manual

Contact

You are welcome to:

• submit suggestions and bug-reports at: https://github.com/trinker/qdap/issues
• send a pull request on: https://github.com/trinker/qdap/
• compose a friendly e-mail to: [email protected]

Note: If you are reporting a bug make sure you have first read the Cleaning Text & Debugging vignette