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Why MAXQDA?
Why MAXQDA?
Solutions
Interview Transcription & Analysis
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Mixed Methods
Content Analysis
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Welcome
Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
01 - The Workspace
How to Start the Program
The Main Menu
The Four Main Windows
Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Document System"
Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Document Browser"
Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Code System"
Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Retrieved Segments" Window
The Status Bar
Project File Backups
General Preferences
02 - Importing Data
Supported Data Types
Import and Group your Data
Create New Text or Table Documents
External Files
Text Documents
PDF Documents
Image Documents
Audio and Video
Table Documents
Transcripts with Timestamps
Focus Group Transcripts
Survey Data from Excel
Survey Data from SurveyMonkey
Twitter Data
YouTube Data
Subtitle Data (SRT)
Web Pages
Bibliographic Data (Endnote, Zotero etc.)
Structured Documents (Preprocessor)
03 - Viewing and Editing Data
View Documents
Edit Text Documents and Tables
Line Numbers in Text Documents
Rename and Delete Documents
Assign a Color to a Document
The Document Properties Window
04 - Codes
Codes and Coding in MAXQDA
The "Code System"
Create a New Code
Import Codes and Code Memos from Excel
Edit Code Properties
Edit the "Code System"
Delete Codes
Create Code Sets
Overview of Codes
Transfer the "Code System" to Other Project
05 - Coding
How to code
Display Coded Segments in the "Code System"
Display Coded Segments in the "Document Browser"
Further Ways of Coding
Color Coding (Highlighting)
Emoticode: Coding with Emoticons and Symbols
Coding Videos
Delete Coded Segments
Modify Coded Segments
Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
Code Weight Scores
Code Comments
The Overview of Documents for a Code
Smart Coding Tool: Working with Coded Text Segments
Code Cloud
06 - Creative Coding
The Idea behind Creative Coding
Start Creative Coding and Select Codes
Organize Codes
Quit Creative Coding and Transfer Changes to Code System
07 - Transcription
Transcription Mode
Automatic Speaker Change and Autotext
Timestamps to Link Transcripts with Sound
Insert Timestamps into Existing Transcript
Listen and View Transcript and Sound at Same Time
The "Overview of Timestamps"
08 - Memos
About Memos
Open Multiple Memos at Once
Create a Memo within a Document
Document Memo
Create a Code Memo
The Overview of Memos
Export Memo Texts from the Overview
Search within Memos
Link Memos to Code(s)
Convert Memos into Documents
The Logbook
09 - Links
Links in MAXQDA
Document Links
External Links
Web Links
Geolinks
The Overview of Links
10 - Text Search
Search in the Four Main Windows
Lexical Search
Search Results
Export Search Results
Autocode Search Results
Extended Lexical Search
Keyword in Context (KWIC)
11 - Coded Data Search
Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
The "Retrieved Segments" Window
Overview of Retrieved Segments
Print and Export Retrieved Segments
Code Retrieved Segments
Code in the "Retrieved Segments" window and the Overview Coded Segments
Simple Coding Query
Complex Coding Query
Complex Retrieval Functions
Weight Scores
Include Subcodes in Retrieval
12 - Visual Tools
Code Matrix Browser: Visualize Codes per Document
Code Relations Browser: Visualize Overlapping Codes
Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
Document Comparison Chart: A Visual Comparison of Coded Text
Document Portrait: Visualize a Document
Codeline: The Sequential Visualization of a Document
Word Cloud: Visualize Word Frequencies
13 - Visual Tools (Concept Maps)
What Does MAXMaps Do?
The MAXMaps Interface
Create a Map and Add Objects
Customize Objects in MAXMaps
Layers
The Object Library
Linking Objects
Print, Export and Organize Maps
Synchronize Map with MAXQDA Project Data
Model Templates in MAXMaps
The Single-Case Model
Single-Case Model for Focus Group Participants
Single-Case Model with Code Hierarchy
Two-Cases Model
Single-Code Model
Code Theory Model
Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
Code Co-Occurrence Model
Options in MAXMaps
14 - Paraphrasing
Write Paraphrases
Categorize Paraphrases
15 - Summarizing
The Idea behind the Summary Grid
Create and Edit Summaries
Summary Tables
Overview of Summaries
16 - Comparing Groups
Qualitative Data: Content of Coded Segments
Quantitative Data: Code Frequencies
17 - Variables
Document and Code Variables in MAXQDA
Create and Edit Variables
The Data Editor
Import Data from Excel and SPSS
Export Data to Excel and SPSS
Display Document Variables as Tooltips
18 - Mixed Methods
General Information about Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
Activation by Document Variable
Crosstab
Quote Matrix
Interactive Quote Matrix
Typology Table
Similarity Analysis for Documents
Joint Displays
Transform a Code into a Document Variable (Quantitizing)
Transform a Code into a Categorical Document Variable
19 - Analyzing Videos
Video Analysis with MAXQDA
Import Videos
The Multimedia Browser
Code Videos
Transcribe Videos
Add Memos and Links to Videos
Analyze Coded Videos
Export Video Clips
20 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
Using the Lexical Search for Contributions from Participants
The Overview of Focus Group Participants
Coding Query for Coded Segments
View Coded Segments per Participant
Crosstab for Focus Groups
21 - Analyzing Tweets and Surveys
Autocode Twitter Data
Analyze Tweets
Categorize Survey Data
22 - Frequencies
Frequency Tables and Charts for Subcodes
Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
Code Frequencies
Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
23 - Report & Export
Smart Publisher
Codebook with Category Definitions
Summaries with Coded Segments
Export documents
Project Information
Managing Table Overviews
Print Preview
Overview of Import and Export Options
Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
Anonymize Projects
24 - Teamwork
How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
Transfer a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
Transfer Coded Segments, Memos, Variables, etc. Between Projects
Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
Intercoder Agreement
User Access Management
Technical Data and Information
Checking for Updates
Keyboard Shortcuts
File Management
Limitations and Technical Information
System Requirements
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