Q-Notes is a free application for conducting cognitive interviewing and qualitative research projects.

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About Q-Notes

Q-Notes is a qualitative research program developed to help researchers manage and analyze data from cognitive interviewing and other question evaluation studies. Q-Notes was developed by the Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) at the National Center for Health Statistics to support cognitive interviewing studies designed to evaluate the validity of survey questions. Learn more

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Features

Collaboration

Conduct Qualitative research projects collaboratively with interviewers across the country or around the world. Q-Notes provides a structured format for entering interview data, which provides consistency among varied team members.

Systematic Analysis

Q-Notes allows you to sort, filter and code qualitative data in a structured way. Which allows you to conduct a rapid, systematic and thorough analysis in a short amount of time. Learn more

Reporting

Q-Notes was designed specifically for use with cognitive interview projects. Use Q-Notes to quickly train new researchers on everything from creating an interview protocol, taking quality notes, coding data and even how to structure a report when analysis is complete.

Training

Q-Notes was designed specifically for use with cognitive interview projects. Use Q-Notes to quickly train new researchers on everything from creating an interview protocol, taking quality notes, coding data and even how to structure a report when analysis is complete.

Page last reviewed: 03/08/2023
Content source: Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research