# GTAMS Analyzer

## Qualitative Research Software for the Free World

GTAMS Analyzer is a complete coding and analysis package. It is a "port" of TAMS Analyzer for Macintosh OS X. Note, at some point the two projects will have identical file formats, at which point the initial G (for GNUstep) will be dropped. GTAMS stands for GNUstep Text Analysis Markup System, it is a convention for identifying themes in text. The software offers a wide range of tools for applying themes to texts and identifying patterns of themes within and between texts.
Version .42 features:

1. Currently implemented (at least partially) features

- Creation of projects, data documents, and results files
- Creation of new codes
- Applying existing codes by double clicking
- Move from code to code through document
- Delete code pairs
- Move to paired code
- Enter codes through the new button or through the code browser
- Modify, delete, and add codes through code browser window
- Select hot code lists
- Execute simple, non-simple, string, section, and regex searches
- Search (select) within searches using multiple criteria.
- Export search results to text (multiple options on the specific formatting).
- Code sets
- File sets
- Recoding from results
- Add coding from results
- Delete coding from results
- Add comments from results
- Preferences
- Set date format and code level for sorting
- Split view on document window
- Correct resizing on project window
- Saved search lists
- Saved search criteria
- Code counts
- Co-coding frequency
- Data summaries
- Named result sets
- Auto result sets
- Graphviz report for projects (not for results): preference options for setting location of dot and gv

2. Unimplemented features

- IRR calculation
- Graphviz integration in results files

3. Features requiring work on the part of GNUstep and other open source developers

- Multimedia support
- Portability/transparency between OSX and GNUstep (much improved! Thanks, gang. OSX can't read GNUstep files however)

##### You must have a version of the GNUstep code newer than July 5, 2004. Update from CVS. See the Savannah site below.

### Visit the TAMS website at sourceforge.net: http://tamsys.sourceforge.net/

Important links:

- GNUstep
- Savannah site (where to get the CVS version of GNUstep)

For older versions click here.

Contact me at mweinste AT kent DOT edu