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Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
Introduction
The MAXQDA Account
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
MAXQDA Account
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
Survey Data from SPSS
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
Assign a Color to a Document
The Document Properties Window
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 Emojis and Symbols
Coding Videos
Remove Code Assignments
Modify Coded Segments
Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
Weight Scores for Coded Segments
Comments for Coded Segments
The Overview of Documents for a Code
Smart Coding Tool: Working with Coded Text Segments
Code Cloud
The Code Explorer
Compare Codes
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
Transcribe Audio and Video Files
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
Memos in the Document System Window
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
Text Search
Search Results
Export Search Results
Autocode Search Results
Extended Text Search
The Word Explorer
11 - Segment Retrieval
Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
The "Retrieved Segments" Window
The “Overview of Coded Segments”
Print and Export Retrieved Segments
Code Retrieved Segments
Simple Coding Query
Complex Coding Query
Complex Retrieval Functions
Use Weight Filter
Include Subcodes in Retrieval
12 - Visual Tools
Code Matrix Browser: Visualize Codes per Case
Code Relations Browser: Visualize Code Co-occurrences
Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
Document Map: Position Documents According to Similarity
Document Comparison Chart: A Visual Comparison of Coded Text
Profile Comparison Chart: Compare Code Frequencies and Variable Values
Document Portrait: Picture the Coded Segments of a Document
Codeline: The Sequential Visualization of a Document
Word Cloud: Visualize Word Frequencies
Word Trends: Analyze Frequencies of Words Within a Text
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 (Focus Group Speaker)
> 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
About Paraphrasing in MAXQDA
Paraphrase Text Passages and Image Segments
Paraphrase Video and Audio Segments
The “Paraphrased Segments” entry in your “Code System”
Categorize Paraphrases
Paraphrases Matrix
Overview of Paraphrases
Overview of Paraphrased Segments
15 - Summarizing
Summary Grid: Create and Edit Summaries
Summary Tables: Compile and Present Summaries
Code and Document Summaries
Summary Explorer: Compare Summaries for Cases or Groups
Overview of Summaries
16 - Comparing Cases & Groups
Qualitative Comparison: Coded Segments
Quantitative Comparison: 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
19 - Questions - Themes -Theories (QTT)
The Idea behind "Questions - Themes - Theories"
Create a Worksheet
Add Elements to a QTT Worksheet
Export Worksheet
18 - Mixed Methods
General Information about Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
Activate Documents by Variables
Crosstab
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
20 - Analyzing Videos
Video Analysis with MAXQDA
Import Videos
The Multimedia Browser
Code Videos
Transcribe Videos
Paraphrase Videos
Add Memos and Links to Videos
Export Video Clips
Analyze Coded Videos
21 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
Text Search in Speaker’s Contributions
The Overview of Focus Group Speakers
Coding Query for Coded Segments
View Coded Segments per Speaker
Crosstab for Focus Groups
22 - Analyzing Surveys
Categorize Survey Data
Search and Autocode Survey Responses
Autocode Survey Responses with a Dictionary
Analyze Survey Data with MAXQDA Stats
23 - Analyzing Tweets
Analyze Tweets
Autocode Tweets with Hashtags and Authors
Analyze Sentiments of Tweets
24 - Frequencies
Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
Frequency Tables and Charts for Top-level Codes and Subcodes
Code Frequencies
Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
25 - Report & Export
Smart Publisher for Coded Segments
Codebook with Category Definitions
Summaries with Coded Segments
Project Information
Document Profiles
Export and Print Documents
Export Adjacency Matrix for Network Analysis
Exporting Project Components as Excel file
Anonymize Projects
Save Project in MAXQDA 2020 Format
Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
Archiving for Data Reuse
26 - Teamwork
How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
Transfer Coded Segments, Memos, Variables, etc. Between Projects
Hand over a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
Intercoder Agreement
User Access Management
27 - AI Assist (Beta)
What is AI Assist (Beta)?
Technical Data and Information
Checking for Updates
Accessibility
Keyboard Shortcuts
File Management
Limitations and Technical Information
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