SPSS 17.0 new features will include:

• Various new algorithms, plus improved speed and performance with additional multithreaded procedures.
• New multiple imputation procedure in SPSS Missing Values that helps you more easily compelte datasets for more reliable analysis
• Updated syntax editor that makes it easier to create, test and correct syntax
• Improved integration with Microsoft Office
• New SPSS EZ RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary value) module to help analysts identify top customers and clients
• Ability to integrate third-party applications, procedures, and graphics packages created in R (through plug-ins)
• Enhanced administrative tools to improve IT configuration of software.

Also to be released is a new SPSS EZ RFM module, designed to help marketers use recency, frequency, and monetary value analysis to find their most valuable customers.

The new zTelligence Resource Center offers:

• Guided, interactive video tutorials on topics like survey authoring, reporting and analysis, including basic and advanced survey design, question types, skip logic and piping, reporting overviews and edit functions;
• FAQ and tips sheets on zTelligence functions and capabilities;
• Library of MarketTools-developed, pre-formatted templates for conducting various types of research projects. Current templates include product and concept testing, advertising effectiveness, attitudes and usage, brand awareness, packaging testing and pricing evaluation;
• Whitepapers covering information to help users conduct more informed research;
• Search function for all Resource Center content;
• Access to product and company news and support information;
• Live, hosted, bi-weekly trainings on zTelligence.

The new authoring features are designed to increase efficiency and flexibility ofr more experienced users, including the ability to copy-move-delete entire sections of a survey.

The new “Scale Rollup” feature makes it possible to easily produce top/middle/bottom two box rollups for any combination of questions.

• View the MarketTools press release

QSR NVivo 8 new features include include the following:

• NVivo sports an Office 2007-like interface.
• Import, sort and analyze virtually any piece of information in any language, including videos, interview recordings, documents, digital photos, etc.
• NVivo 8 works with transcripts or without them and has the capability to work directly with audio and video files.
• Built-in media players allow you to watch/listen to multimedia without leaving the program.
• You can now merge separate projects together but still keep track of who did what including project notes.
• NVivo 8 lets you share files and findings (including multimedia) with folks who don’t have NVivo.
• You can now compare the analysis done by different individuals and teams and get a report of what percentage is the same.
• NVivo 8 has chart making ability (including 3D charts)
• This version adds something called “coding stripes” that “reflect research factors such as gender, age or income and watch them evolve over time.”
• New web-based, animated tutorial system.

This isn’t a review — all I’ve done so far is watch the animated demo of the software (which is very lovely and educational). But if you’re looking for a flexible tool you can use to manage all of the data you collect from your qualitative research projects, NVivo 8 might be worth looking into.

QSR offers NVivo 8 for a variety of different prices, depending on who you are and how many copies you buy. A full academic license is available for $595 with $119 annual maintenance. Upgrade from version NVivo 7 to NVivo 8 cost $210. A student edition is available for $240. Meanwhile, a commercial NVivo license costs $2,085 with $417 a year maintenance.

• Nvivo 8 Free Trial Download
• NVivo 8 Product Information
• New Features List
• Review of NVivo 7 at the Learning Curve