Software Reviews : HyperResearch and NUDISTHyperResearch Publisher: Researchware,POB 1258,Randolph,MA 02368-1258;617- 961-3909;E-mail [e-mail] Year of Publication: 1991 Version Reviewed: 1.32 Materials: i 3.5" diskette,128-page user's manual Price: $175 Machine Specificity: Macintosh System Requirements: IMB RAM (2MB strongly recommended),system version 6.0 or later,HyperCard version 1.2 or later,hard disk Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Very Good Documentation: Good NUDIST (Non-numerical Unstructured Data Indexing,Searching,and Theorizing) Publisher: Applied Computing Research Institute,La Trobe University,Bundoora,Vic 3083,Australia;011-61-3-479-1311;FAX [phone];E-mail [e-mail] Year of Publication: 1991 Version Reviewed: 2.2 Materials: i 3.5" diskette includes program with bundled mini- version of Procyon LISP and demo data file,221-page manual for mainframe NUDIST (which is to be used also for Macintosh version),23-page manual for installing Macintosh NUDIST Price: Stand-alone,$250 (Australian);networked,$1,000 (Australian);site license to be negotiated Machine Specificity: Macintosh System Requirements: 2MB free RAM,system version 6.0 or later,finder version 6.1.3 or later,hard disk Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Good

Abstract

HyperResearch 1.32 and NUDIST 2.2 are programs that systematically aid researchers in organizing, indexing, searching, and ultimately theorizing on large textual or other "qualitative" data sets. They differ in the way they assist researchers with the tasks.