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MAXQDA 24 Manual
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Welcome to the MAXQDA 24 Manual
Getting Started: Go for it!
The MAXQDA Account
01 – The Workspace
How to Start the Program
Project File Backups
The Main Menu and the Four Main Windows
The "Document System"
The "Document Browser"
The "Code System"
The "Retrieved Segments" Window
Managing Table Overviews
General Preferences
02 – Import Data
Supported Data Types
Import and Group your Data
Text Documents
Create New Text or Table Documents
External Files
PDF Documents
Image Documents
Table Documents
Audio and Video
Transcripts
Focus Group Transcripts
Survey Data from Excel
Survey Data from SurveyMonkey
Survey Data from SPSS
YouTube Data
Subtitle Data (SRT)
Web Pages
Bibliographic Data (Endnote, Zotero etc.)
Structured Documents (Preprocessor)
03 – View and Edit Data
View Documents
Edit Text Documents and Tables
Line Numbers in Text Documents
Assign a Color to a Document
The Document Properties Window
04 – Codes
About Codes and the Code System
Create a New Code
Edit Code Properties
Edit the Code System
Delete Codes
Create Code Sets
The Overview of Codes
Transfer the "Code System" to Other Project
Import Codes and Code Memos from Excel
05 – Coding
How to code
Display of Coded Segments in the "Document Browser"
Display of Coded Segments in the "Code System"
Further Ways of Coding
Open Coding Mode
Color Coding (Highlighting)
Emoticode: Coding with Emojis and Symbols
Comments for Coded Segments
Weight Scores for Coded Segments
Intercoder Agreement
06 – Work with Coded Segments
The Smart Coding Tool
Remove Code Assignments
Modify Coded Segments
Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
07 – Analyze Coded Segments
Compare Codes
Code Frequencies
Code Coverage
Code Patterns
The Code Explorer
The Overview of Documents for a Code
Frequency Tables and Charts for Top-Level Codes and Subcodes
08 – Creative Coding
Creative Coding: Organizing Open Codes
09 – Transcription
Transcribe Automatically
Purchase and Redeeem Transcription Time
MAXQDA Transcription within MAXQDA
MAXQDA Transcription via Webpage
Transcribe Manually
Link Transcript to Recording with Timestamps
Play Transcript and Recording Synchronously
The Overview of Timestamps
10 – 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
11 – Links
Links in MAXQDA
Internal Links
External Links
Web Links
Geolinks
The Overview of Links
12 – Text Search
Local Text Search
Global Text Search
Search Results
Autocode Search Results
Export Search Results
Extended Text Search
The Word Explorer
13 – Segment Retrieval
Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
The "Retrieved Segments" Window
The Overview of Coded Segments
Export and Print Retrieved Segments
Code Retrieved Segments
Simple Coding Query
Complex Coding Query
Complex Retrieval Functions
Include Subcodes in Retrieval
Use Weight Filter
14 – Visual Tools
Code Matrix Browser (Codes by Cases)
Code Relations Browser (Code Co-occurrences)
Code Map (Similarity of Codes)
Document Map (Similarity of Documents)
Document Comparison Chart (Sequence of Codings)
Profile Comparison Chart (Code Frequencies and Variable Values)
Document Portrait (Sequence of Codings)
Codeline (Score of Codings)
Word Cloud (Frequencies of Words)
Code Cloud (Frequencies of Codes)
Word Trends (Frequencies of Words)
Code Trends (Frequencies of Codes)
15 – 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 Project Data
Model Templates in MAXMaps
Code Co-Occurrence Model
Code Theory Model
Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
Single-Case Model (Coded Segments)
> Single-Code Model (Coded Segments)
Single-Case Model (Focus Group Speaker)
Single-Case Model (Code Hierarchy)
Two-Cases Model
Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
Single-Case Model (Summaries)
Single-Case Model (Paraphrases)
Single-Code Model (Summaries)
Code Distribution Model
Options in MAXMaps
16 – Paraphrasing
About Paraphrasing in MAXQDA
Paraphrase Text Passages and Image Segments
Paraphrase Video and Audio Segments
The “Paraphrased Segments” Code in Your “Code System”
Categorize Paraphrases
Paraphrases Matrix
The Overview of Paraphrases
The Overview of Paraphrased Segments
17 – Summarizing
Summary Grid (Create and Edit Summaries)
Summary Tables (Compile and Present Summaries)
Summary Explorer (Compare Summaries for Cases or Groups)
Code and Document Summaries
Overview of Summaries
18 – Comparing Cases & Groups
Qualitative Comparison (Coded Segments)
Quantitative Comparison (Code Frequencies)
19 – 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
Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
20 – Mixed Methods
About Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
Activate Documents by Variables
Crosstab
Segment 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
21 – Stats
What Does MAXQDA Stats offer?
Using MAXQDA Stats
The Data Editor
The Variable List
The Output Viewer
Analyze Variables and Codes from a MAXQDA Project - Start MAXQDA Stats
Work with External Data in SPSS or Excel Format - Open SPSS data
Transform Data
Frequency Tables
Analyze Multiple Responses
Analyze Matrix Questions
Descriptive Statistics
Crosstabs
t-Test and U-Test
Scale
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
One-Way Analysis of Variance
Correlation
Limits and Technical Notes
22 – MAXDictio
What Does MAXDictio Offer?
Basic Terms
Word Frequencies
Word Frequencies: Analyze Word Frequencies
Word Frequencies: Table of Results
Word Frequencies for Words in the Go Word List
Word Frequencies for Dictionary Words
Lemmatization
Stop Word Lists
Go Word Lists
Keyword-in-Context
Word Combinations
Word Tree
Word Matrix Browser
Managing Dictionaries
Dictionary Based Content Analysis
Schematic Course
Determine Frequency of Dictionary Categories
Results Table
Analyze Structured Texts
The Category Matrix Browser
Category Trends
Autocode Documents with Dictionary Categories
Topic Modeling
Analyzing Japanese texts
Limits to MAXDictio
23 – Questions - Themes -Theories (QTT)
The Idea behind "Questions - Themes - Theories"
Create a Worksheet
Add Elements to a QTT Worksheet
Export Worksheet
24 – Analyzing Videos
Video Analysis with MAXQDA
Import Videos
The Multimedia Browser
Code Videos
Transcribe Video Clips
Paraphrase Videos
Add Memos and Links to Videos
Export Video Clips
Analyze Coded Videos
25 – Analyzing Focus Group Data
How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
Text Search in Speaker’s Contributions
Coding Query for Coded Segments
View Coded Segments per Speaker
The Overview of Focus Group Speakers
Crosstab for Focus Groups
26 – Analyzing Surveys
Categorize Survey Data
Search and Autocode Survey Responses
Autocode Survey Responses with a Dictionary
Analyze Survey Data with MAXQDA Stats
Analyze Sentiments in Survey Responses
27 – Analyzing Tweets
Analyze Tweets
Autocode Tweets with Hashtags and Authors
Analyze Sentiments of Tweets
28 – 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 2022 Format
Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
Archiving for Data Reuse
29 – Teamwork
How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
Copy Codings, Memos, Variables, etc. Into Another Project
Hand over a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
User Access Management
30 – TeamCloud
What is MAXQDA TeamCloud?
Requirements & License Management
Log into TeamCloud from within MAXQDA
Project Roles & Permissions
The project cycle in detail
LEAD: Initiate team project & start cycle 1
MEMBER: Download and/or open project
MEMBER: Upload project for team lead
LEAD: Import teamwork data
LEAD: Start new cycle or end project
TeamCloud Storage
Best Practice – Things to know for optimal teamwork
The TeamCloud website
The dashboard
Detail page: Project > Files
Detail page: Project > Team members
Detail page: Project > Logbook
Team overview
Backup of TeamCloud Project
Glossary
Switching from MAXQDA 2022 to MAXQDA 24
31 – AI Assist
What is AI Assist?
AI Summary: Document Summary
AI Summary: Highlighted Text
AI Summary: Coded Segment
AI Summary: Code Summary
AI Summary: Summary Grid
AI Paraphrase
AI Subcode Suggestions
AI New Code Suggestions
AI Explain This
AI Chat With One Document
AI Chat with Coded Segments
AI Coding a Document
Current Character Limits
Technical Data and Information
Accessibility
Checking for Updates
Keyboard Shortcuts
MAXQDA File Types
Limitations and Technical Information
Other versions of MAXQDA
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