[Infowarrior] - PCAT: Beta Testers Needed

[Richard Forno]

(apologies for cross-posting! --rf)

> From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman at gmail.com>
> Date: December 30, 2009 6:41:20 PM EST
> Reply-To: stuart.shulman at gmail.com
>
> We are seeking hundreds of new BETA testers to load test the Public  
> Comment
> Analysis Toolkit:
>
> http://pcat.qdap.net
>
> 200+ users have joined the system since October 30th. Why would you  
> try
> PCAT?
>
> http://pcat-help.qdap.net/doku.php?id=why_would_i_use_this_system
>
> It also works well for categorizing blog posts and other text  
> datasets. Five
> sample PCAT-ready blog post datasets are available at:
>
> http://www.umass.edu/qdap/data.html
>
> I think you will find the search, peer, credential, memo and coding  
> nexus in
> this software enables unique research opportunities. PCAT also carries
> internal measurement tools for inter-rater reliability and  
> adjudication of
> coding decisions or pre-tests. It is a uniquely useful research tool  
> if you
> have large digital text datasets. Best of all, PCAT is a free, Web- 
> based
> platform that enables collaboration across space and time.
>
> ~Stu
> -- 
> Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Political Science
> University of Massachusetts Amherst
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>
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>
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