<s>
Quirkos	B-Application
is	O
a	O
CAQDAS	B-Application
software	O
package	O
for	O
the	O
qualitative	O
analysis	O
of	O
text	O
data	O
,	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
social	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
simpler	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
it	O
lacks	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
present	O
in	O
other	O
commercial	O
CAQDAS	B-Application
packages	O
such	O
as	O
multimedia	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Edinburgh	O
,	O
UK	O
based	O
Quirkos	B-Application
Software	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
is	O
unique	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
simultaneously	O
displays	O
visualisations	O
and	O
text	O
data	O
and	O
has	O
identical	O
capabilities	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
few	O
features	O
for	O
quantitative	O
or	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
of	O
text	O
data	O
,	O
however	O
project	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
for	O
analysis	O
in	O
statistical	B-Algorithm
software	I-Algorithm
such	O
as	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
or	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quirkos	B-Application
is	O
extensively	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
fields	O
which	O
utilise	O
qualitative	O
research	O
,	O
including	O
sociology	O
,	O
health	O
,	O
media	O
studies	O
,	O
school	O
of	O
education	O
and	O
human	O
geography	O
.	O
</s>
