EZ-Text is unique in this regard, since very few other qualitative software programs offer any assistance in assessing reliability.
Users can select a random subset of respondents from a database.
The data subset is copied to two new files, which two coders then independently code using the same codebook. After the two coders have completed their work, the Reliability module compares the two files and generates reports. The report generated by using the first comparison method helps investigators identify which open-ended questions or respondents have poor coding reliability. The second comparison method generates a kappa statistic for how the two coders use each code in the codebook. This helps identify which codes have poor reliability.