The frequency table displays how many times the individual variables occur. For the variable “Job Security Scale” the value “low” was assigned in 45 cases, and the value “high” in 27 cases. The lower section of the table shows system-defined missing values (blank cells) as well as defined missing values. In the example above, there are 99 missing values, which occurred in 3 cases.
Overview of Toolbar Functions
In the upper section of the results window two toolbars are located, which contain the following important functions:
Table view / Chart view – switches between table and chart view.
Previous/Next – using the blue arrow or the selection list, switch between the results table for previously selected variables or codes.
Refresh – Calls up again the dialog for creation of frequency tables.
Insert into output viewer – inserts the currently displayed table or chart in the Output Viewer.
Insert all into output viewer – inserts all created tables or charts in the Output Viewer.
Copy to clipboard – copies the current table, highlighted area in the table, or chart in the clipboard, for example for insertion into Word.
Print – prints the currently displayed table or chart.
Export – exports the currently displayed table in Excel format, website (HTML) format or RTF format for Word and other word processing programs; exports the currently displayed chart in PNG, SVG or EMF (only Windows) format.
Show value labels – this option is selected by default and causes the defined value label of a variable to be displayed in the place of the value of the variable.
Descriptive statistics – this option is available only for integer and floating point type variables as well as for codes and displays a window with descriptive statistics for the displayed frequency tables.
Undo changes – step-by-step resetting of changes to a table (deletion of rows, merging and moving of rows).
Redo – step-by-step restoring of changes to a table.
Sort Tables and Customize Columns
Tables can be sorted by clicking a column header, in ascending order with the first click and descending order with the second. Clicking again will restore the original order.
Column widths can be adjusted with the mouse, and their position can be changed by clicking the column header then dragging them to the desired location with the mouse.
Delete Rows
The results table is interactive and one or more rows can be removed, for example to restrict the evaluation to selected variables. Right-click a row and select Delete. You can also select multiple rows to delete by holding down the Ctrl/cmd key.
In this way, you can also remove the missing values from the display:
The table will be automatically updated.
Merge Values
The interactive results table also allows you to merge multiple values:
- Highlight at least two rows by holding down the Ctrl/cmd key as you click on the desired rows with the mouse.
- Right-click the selection and select Merge values.
In the following example, the two lowest values for the variable “Job Security Scale” are merged:
The table will be automatically updated.
Save Documents as Document Set
If MAXQDA Stats is launched with the data from a MAXQDA project, the frequency of individual variable values corresponds to the number of documents in which these variable values occurred. In this case, a compilation of documents is present behind each frequency count. This compilation of documents can be saved as a document set in MAXQDA: Right-click on a row and select Save as document set.
Initially, MAXQDA stores such sets in the background. When you exit Stats, all document sets created during the analysis will be displayed, so you can select which document sets you wish to transfer to the MAXQDA project.
