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Online Manual - MAXQDA 2020
Switching from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020
Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
01 - The Workspace
02 - Importing Data
03 - Viewing and Editing Data
04 - Codes
05 - Coding
06 - Creative Coding
07 - Transcription
08 - Memos
09 - Links
10 - Text Search
11 - Segment Retrieval
12 - Visual Tools
13 - Visual Tools (Concept Maps)
14 - Paraphrasing
15 - Summarizing
16 - Comparing Cases & Groups
- Qualitative Information: Content of Coded Segments
- Quantitative Information: Code Frequencies
17 - Variables
18 - Mixed Methods
19 - Analyzing Videos
20 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
21 - Analyzing Surveys
- Categorize Survey Data
22 - Analyzing Tweets
23 - Frequencies
24 - Report & Export
25 - Teamwork
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Online Manual - MAXQDA 2020
Switching from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020
Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
- Introduction
- The MAXQDA Interface
- Import and explore your data
- Code your data
- Analyze your data
- Conduct Mixed Methods analyses
- Further literature
01 - The Workspace
- How to Start the Program
- Project File Backups
- 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
- Managing Table Overviews
- 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
- 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
- Spellchecking in Documents and Memos
- Edit Text Documents and Tables
- Line Numbers in Text Documents
- Rename and Delete Documents
- The Document Properties Window
- Assign a Color to a Document
04 - Codes
- The "Code System"
- Codes and Coding in MAXQDA
- 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
- Open Coding Mode
- 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
- Link Transcript to Recording with Timestamps
- Insert Timestamps into a Transcript
- Listen and View Transcript and Sound at Same Time
- The "Overview of Timestamps"
08 - Memos
- About Memos
- Opening and Editing Memos
- Opening Multiple Memos at Once
- Memos in Documents
- Document Memos
- Code Memos
- Free Memos
- The Memo Manager
- The Overview of Memos
- Search within Memos
- Linking Memo Content with Content in Documents
- Link Memos to Code(s) or Coded Segments
- Convert Memos into Documents
- The Logbook
09 - Links
- Links in MAXQDA
- Internal 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 - Segment Retrieval
- Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
- The "Retrieved Segments" Window
- Overview of Retrieved Segments
- Print and Export Retrieved Segments
- Code Retrieved 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 Code Co-Occurrences
- Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
- Document Map: Arranging documents 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
- > Single-Case Model (Coded Segments)
- > Single-Case Model (Summaries)
- > Single-Case Model (Paraphrases)
- > Single-Case Model for Focus Group Participants
- > Single-Case Model (Code Hierarchy)
- > Two-Cases Model
- > Single-Code Model (Coded Segments)
- > Single-Code Model (Summaries)
- > Code Theory Model
- > Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
- > Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
- > Code Distribution Model
- > Code Co-Occurrence Model
- Options in MAXMaps
14 - Paraphrasing
- Paraphrase Text Passages and Image Segments
- Categorize Paraphrases
- Paraphrases Matrix
- Overview of Paraphrases
- Overview of Paraphrased Segments
15 - Summarizing
- The Idea behind the Summary Grid
- Create and Edit Summaries
- Summary Tables
- Summary Explorer
- Overview of Summaries
16 - Comparing Cases & Groups
- Qualitative Information: Content of Coded Segments
- Quantitative Information: Code Frequencies
17 - Variables
- Document and Code Variables in MAXQDA
- Create and Edit Variables
- The Data Editor
- Importing Data from Excel and SPSS
- Exporting Data to Excel and SPSS
- Displaying Document Variables for Documents and Coded Segments
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
- Side-by-side Display of Results
- Qualitative Themes by Quantitative Groups
- Statistics by Qualitative Groups
- 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
- Export Video Clips
- Analyze Coded Videos
- Add Memos and Links to Videos
20 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
- How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
- Using the Lexical Search for Contributions from Speakers
- The Overview of Focus Group Participants
- Coding Query for Coded Segments
- View Coded Segments per Speaker
- Crosstab for Focus Groups
21 - Analyzing Surveys
- Categorize Survey Data
22 - Analyzing Tweets
- Analyze Tweets
- Autocode Tweets with Hashtags and Authors
- Analyze Sentiments of Tweets
23 - Frequencies
- Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
- Frequency Tables and Charts for Subcodes
- Code Frequencies
- Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
- Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
24 - Report & Export
- Smart Publisher for Coded Segments
- Codebook with Category Definitions
- Summaries with Coded Segments
- Export documents
- Project Information
- Print Preview
- Overview of Import and Export Options
- Anonymize Projects
- Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
- Archiving for data reuse
25 - 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

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