Today, the use of technology has become integrated into our daily lives. Most of Western civilization has access to technology at all times. In recent years, technology has started to play an important role in the field of research. Quantitative research has been quickly adapted and aided by technology through the use of numerical variables, but the same is not true for qualitative research. In recent years, qualitative research has been revolutionized by qualitative data analysis (QDA) software. Although QDA software has many positive aspects, there are disadvantages to using it. Using QDA software can have a great impact on qualitative research. Due to the text-based results of qualitative research, it can be difficult for a researcher to break down or code the information and sort through all of their findings in a timely manner. QDA software allows the researcher to electronically encode textual data, allowing the data to be manipulated quickly. Dr. Vaishali Patel and Dr. Anne Riley (2007) also found that QDA software increased the speed of their research and allowed for more in-depth review of their research. Another benefit of using QDA software is the added ability to examine data analytically. QDA software is able to sort data into groups or queries, making it easier to find research data in different ways. In an article written by Seija Mahlamaki-Kultanen (2003), she notes that her students who used QDA software believed that the analytical data compiled by QDA software was more accessible than manual data manipulation. These results further confirm the positive impact of QDA software on qualitative research. Although there are many positive aspects of using QDA software, there are some negative consequences or disadvantages of using this type of software. QDA software may have some impact on researcher experience. This phenomenon could interfere with the research results. A disadvantage called the touch-digital divide, which requires learning to work on a personal computer rather than on paper, could make research more difficult for some (Gilbert, 2002). In a study conducted by Linda Gilbert (2002), she found that researchers found it difficult to abandon the use of paper. She also found that this phenomenon usually occurs when an individual first transitions to using QDA software, and that the symptoms seem to disappear after a while...