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QSR International is a qualitative research software developer based in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan. QSR International is the developer of qualitative data analysis (QDA) software products, NVivo, NVivo Server and XSight. These are designed to help qualitative researchers organize and analyze non-numerical or unstructured data.〔(Company profile ), QSR International, retrieved 28 March 2011〕 Qualitative research is used to gain insight into people's attitudes, behaviours, value systems, concerns, motivations, aspirations, culture or lifestyles. It is used to inform business decisions, policy formation, communication and research. Focus groups, in-depth interviews, content analysis and semiotics are among the many formal approaches that are used, but qualitative research also involves the analysis of any unstructured material, including customer feedback surveys, reports or media clips. == History == * NUD *IST, which stands for, 'Non-numerical Unstructured Data Indexing, Searching and Theorizing',〔(NUD *IST ), The Free Dictionary, retrieved 28 March 2011〕 was first developed by Tom Richards at La Trobe University in Melbourne in 1981 as software to support social research by Lyn Richards. Tom and Lyn Richards went on to form QSR International in 1995.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cio.com.au/article/308463/software_developer_qsr_international_named_finalist_australian_round_global_business_excellence_award/ )〕 * John Owen became CEO of QSR International in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.qsrinternational.com/About-Us/Company-Profile )〕 * QSR released the first version of NVivo, designed to guide researchers from questions to answers, in 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cio.com.au/article/201762/new_nvivo_qda_software_offer_audio_visual_capabilities/ )〕 * The company released the first edition of XSight, enabling researchers to work through information and get to analysis faster, in 2004. * In 2005, Professor Lyn Richards' book 'Handling Qualitative Data: A practical guide' was first published. * In 2006, QSR International became a Microsoft Gold Partner and released NVivo 7 and XSight 2.0. XSight 2.0 was incorporated into the syllabuses of Australia's Victoria University and Malaysia's Sunway University College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/308002/qsr_international_continues_global_focus_via_statworks_partnership_malaysia_singapore/ )〕 In the same year, XSight was also incorporated into the syllabus of the University of Southhamption's new MSc Marketing Analytics degree.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1316&Itemid=76 )〕 * In 2007 QSR partnered with Hulinks to deliver NVivo 7 in Japanese - the first Japanese qualitative research software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1149 )〕 In the same year, Dr. Patricia Bazely's book, Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo was first published. * QSR released NVivo 8 in March 2008 and in August 2008 released Simplified Chinese and Spanish versions of NVivo 8. A Japanese version of NVivo 8 followed in November of the same year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/268664/new_software_advancements_keep_japanese_researchers_forefront_global_studies/ )〕 French- and German-language versions of NVivo 8 were released in April 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/300095/world_leading_qualitative_data_analysis_software_launched_french_german/ )〕 * In 2009 the second edition of Professor Lyn Richards' text, 'Handling Qualitative Data: A practical guide' was published. * In 2010 QSR released NVivo 9 and NVivo Server 9.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cfoworld.com.au/mediareleases/11489/new-software-launched-to-harness-data-explosion/ )〕 * In 2011 QSR released an update to NVivo 9 featuring five new languages: Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Simplified Chinese. A separate Japanese-language version of NVivo 9 was made available too. The release also included new support for Framework analysis, a research methodology developed by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/50024-qsr-adds-chinese-and-four-other-languages-to-nvivo-9/ )〕 * In 2012 QSR released NVivo 10 giving users new ability to capture and analyze web and social media data. * In 2013 NVivo 10 was released in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. A separate Japanese version is also released.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/prnewswire/press_releases/Georgia/2013/02/13/NY58637?ana=prnews )〕 * In September 2013 QSR International announced a partnership with SurveyMonkey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news17889.htm )〕 * In March 2014 QSR International announced a partnership with TranscribeMe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/3/prweb11670235.htm=PRWeb )〕 * In March 2014 QSR International released NVivo for Mac Beta, the first true Mac application for qualitative data analysis. * In June 2014 QSR International released NVivo for Mac commercially. * In September 2014 an update for NVivo for Mac was released. This allows users the ability to capture and import web pages using NCapture, run matrix coding queries and use text-to-speech options. * In September 2014 QSR International released NVivo 10 for Windows, Service Pack 6 making it easier to work with content from Evernote and provides improved functionality for project recovery. * Kerri Lee Sinclair became CEO in September 2015. * In September 2015, QSR International released groundbreaking new software for qualitative data analysis. NVivo 11 for Windows now comes in three editions, plus new releases of NVivo for Mac and NVivo for Teams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「QSR International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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