In this guide you will learn how to seamlessly import data from Qualtrics into MAXQDA. The guide specifically focuses on data cleanup in Excel, common mistakes, and on import options in MAXQDA. This guide was made in collaboration with Ellen Bechtol, for the Program Development & Evaluation Unit, UW-Cooperative Extension.
Read MoreIn this guide (PDF), you will learn how to pull a random sample from a CAQDAS dataset, using the random cell function in Excel. Ellen Bechtol and I will introduce this process using MAXQDA11. The process in Excel can also be applied to data from other Qualitative Data Analysis software packages. This guide was produced in the Program Development & Evaluation Unit, University of Wisconsin - Cooperative Extension. Download the guide here from the UW-Extension website.
Read MoreWith this modularized curriculum, participants can generate a question guide for open and semi-structured interviews while actively using basic functions of a qualitative data analysis software. The idea behind this curriculum is to facilitate the meaningful, critical, and task-centered integration of qualitative data analysis software into methodology teaching.
Read MoreUsing PDFs in QDA software is not a new feature, but working with this particular type of file is still somewhat tricky. In this overview I’ll outline general issues with the use of PDFs in QDA software, and I’ll briefly compare import/linking options of PDFs in MAXQDA, NVIVO & ATLAS.TI.
Read MoreMy wife Jesse indexed a book recently, and I’ve suggested to try to use MAXQDA. Turns out that the functions of QDA software can be quite helpful for a book indexing project (this guide applies to both MAXQDA 10 & MAXQDA 11). Here’s what she did:
Read MoreIn this guide, I show how Metaphors can be isolated from a text in MAXQDA for further analysis. (This guide is in German)
Read MoreIn this brief guide, I show what happens to your data when you import a spreadsheet into MAXQDA.
Read MoreQDA software such as MAXqda and OpenCode enables you to export your text as a table. In this guide, I will show how you can use these tables in Microsoft Word in order to create worksheets for working on paper and/or in Word.
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