Qualitative Data Visualization: Home

Coastal Carolina University staff, faculty, and students can set up an organizational account with Dedoose for access to its qualitative data analysis and visualization features. Click the link to get access to the portal to set up your account, download the software, or sign up for training.

An easy-to-use text analysis tool that can produce a variety of visualizations. Note that if the web-based version experiences slow performance, you may also download and install the server version on your own computer.

Use this link to download Voyant server if you experience any issues using the web version.

Guidance on a variety of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) tools, with reviews and white papers (University of Surrey).

A web-based tool for easy graphic design, photo, and video editing. Use your Coastal.edu email address to login with full access.

A more advanced graphic editor program, available as part of Creative Cloud in certain university departments and on select workstations in the University Libraries.

Canva is an easy-to-use graphic design and video creation software. Many templates for infographics are available with the free version, but a wider variety are available if you opt to upgrade to the premium plan.

Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the least intimidating options for producing infographics or showcasing charts, and is provided for free to all Coastal Carolina University students.

If you're using PowerPoint to display charts or create an infographic, you may want to read this helpful tutorial for guidance.

An overview of how one researcher used the Photo-Story method to represent their participants' experiences visually (The Sociological Review).

This article from Kuttner, Weaver-Hightower, & Sousanis (2021) discusses the affordances of using comics as a visual representation method across disciplines.

A web-based software tool that makes elegant timelines for products with narrative or chronological components.