Qualitative data analysis (QDA) almost always requires several “rounds” of coding to achieve the best insights into your data. Refining your initial codes and coded segments by breaking down broad categories into specific terms can help you find more precise answers to your research questions. Unfortunately, this important step in the data analysis process can also be one of the most complex and time-consuming because you have to reevaluate and p…
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Open MAXQDA 11 projects with MAXQDA 10
MAXQDA is backward compatible, which means you can always open project files created with an older version, with any of the newer versions. But sometimes it would be useful to share your MAXQDA 11 project with somebody still using MAXQDA 10, e.g. when working in a team. Luckily MAXQDA 11 offers the possibility to save projects as MAXQDA 10 project files. Just follow these two steps: Step 1: To make a copy of your MAXQDA 11 project (file extension…
Studying Teacher Professional Development with MAXQDA – Praxis Examples
Guest post by Linyan Ruan. Teachers’ professional development has been my central research topic over the past five years, focusing on the development of young teachers starting out in the profession. I grounded my analysis on the continuums in novice teachers’ exogenous development and endogenous growth, by establishing teachers’ development systems on a meso-level and by inquiring into their everyday knowledge on a micro-level. This article wil…
Memos and Comments – Paraphrases and Summaries: Which one can I use, when, and for what?
Post by Dr. Stefan Rädiker. “What exactly is the difference between memos and comments?“ MAXQDA users, especially those who are just starting out with MAXQDA, often ask this question. Because after all, both functions are suitable for recording thoughts and notes; it’s just they allow you to do so in rather different ways. The situation is similar with paraphrases and summaries. Both functions can be used to summarize content, but they have very…
