Create new External File

In MAXQDA Stats, you can create new external data and store it in SPSS format, for example, results from a survey can be inputted and evaluated directly in MAXQDA Stats.

• If MAXQDA Stats has not yet been launched, select Stats > Start Stats with new external file from the MAXQDA main menu.
• If MAXQDA Stats has already been launched, create a new file directly from the main menu by selecting File > New external file. In MAXQDA Stats only one dataset can be open at a time, so Stats will ask if you would like to save the file that is already open or transfer it to MAXQDA, as the data matrix will no longer be available once the external file is open.

MAXQDA Stats will open directly with an empty Variable List, in which you can insert new variables and subsequently enter values in the Data Editor.