QSR International announced today the release of NVivo 8, their application for analyzing “very rich” text based information (which, incidentally, includes not just text but also videos, interview recordings, documents, and media clips). According to the web site, NVivo removes many of the manual tasks associated with qualitative analysis, such as classifying, sorting, and arranging information so you have more time to explore trends, build and test theories, and “ultimately arrive at answers to questions.” (more…)