Introduction to Atlas.TI 9
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Objectives for Workshop
Objective of QDA
Discovery of Conceptual Outputs: Relationships, Discursive Patterns, Themes
Discovery of Measurable Outputs: Frequencies, Scales, Directionality
Data Management Perspective: Organizing Your Source Material
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDA)
What CAQDA Does
Coding
Assigning Concepts
Classifying
Store Description Information
Memos
Writing & Describing Conceptual Ideas
Visualization
Articulating Connections, Relationships, Patterns
Starting a project
Click this icon to start a new project
Atlas.ti Dashboard
Each action in Atlas Ti can be accessed via the ribbon at the top of the page or through the explorer tab on the left-hand side of the screen.
Import Primary Documents
1. Click “Add Documents” and then “Add Files”
Primary Documents Manager
Import /Export Data�
Click on Import/Export to view options
Evernote
Endnote
Survey
SPSS
Code Book (.xls)
PDF Annotations
If you annotated your PDF document prior to assigning it to your Atlas.ti project, your annotations will now be retained
and can be displayed.
Classifying
Assigning
Classification / Attributes
Age (Age:: <30)
Gender (Gender:: Male)
Document Type (TypeDoc:: Interview)
Year of Collection (Year:: 2011)
Location (Location:: Rural)
Site Location (Site:: NYC)
Document Manager
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Open Document Manager
1. Double click to add document
2. Documents open here
What is Coding?
Codes
Johnny Saldaña. The Coding Manual for Qualitative Research.
Coding in the Document
When you highlight a quote, coding options appear here!
Open Code Manager
Create a Free Code
1. Click Free Codes
2. Enter new code name
Apply Code
1. Highlight quotation in document
Apply Code (Continued)
Quick Coding
3. Previously used code
appears in Coding Stripe
1. Highlight quotation in document
2. Click “Quick Coding”
Group Coding
Focus Group Coding (1)
Focus Group Coding (3)
Select a focus group transcript in the Document Manager and select Focus Group Coding from the Documents ribbon.
Alternatively: Right-click on a document in the Project Explorer and select Focus Group Coding from the context menu.
Next, select a pattern for recognizing speaker units
After selecting a pattern, click Next.
Focus Group Coding (4)
Focus Group Coding (5)
Advanced Coding: Intercoding Mode
Atlas Ti instruction for Coders
Advanced Coding: �Intercoder Mode
�Merging Projects for Intercoder Agreement Analysis
Advanced Coding �Intercoder Mode
Before you can use the Intecoder Mode
Add a new user.
Click on the File Tab
Select New User.
�Merging Projects for Intercoder Agreement Analysis
Memos
Memo Creation
Memo Creation (Continued)
Atlas Ti 9 recommends creating a Memo for each research question/objective and connect them to codes and add possible theoretical explanations
Document Analysis: �Word Cloud
Other options are:
Document Analysis: �Word Cloud
Document Analysis
Creating Word Lists
Word List: Sorting Word List and Setting Scope
Be default, word lists are sorted in alphabetical order by the first column 'Word'. You can also sort by any of the other columns by clicking on the column header.
Once you created a word list, you see a side panel on the left. The check-boxes of the currently active entities are checked. You can check further entities or uncheck already activated entities.
Codes Co-occurrence Explorer
Use the Code Co-occurrence Explorer to explore coded data to get a quick overview where there might be interesting overlaps. If you are looking for specific co-occurrences and for accessing the quotations of co-occurring codes, the Code Co-occurrence Table is the better choice.
To open the tool, select the Analyze tab and click Co-oc Explorer.
The Code Co-occurrence Explorer can also be loaded from the Home tab into the navigator on the left hand side by clicking on the drop-down arrow of the Navigator button.
Codes Co-occurrence Table
Codes Co-occurrence Table
Analysis: Network View
Networks can visually represent the relationships and linages between different elements in your project.
Networks can be created from codes, documents, quotations, or even other networks.
Network View Options
Network Editor and Routing Options
You can select among twelve automatic layout options. The results of the automatic layout procedure are typically quite usable and provide a good starting point for subsequent manual refinement. They can be combined with four routing options that are responsible for an optimal placement of the links.
The Layout and routing options are available from the Network Editor via the main Network Tab, and the View Tab. By moving nodes to different positions, you can modify an initial layout created by the automatic layout procedure. For precision placement of nodes, use the Grid and Snap option under the View Tab.
Network Editor Further Options
Changing Code Color
Merge Codes
Duplicate Codes
Create Groups
Traversing Hyperlinks in Networks
Sankey Diagrams
Sankey diagrams are used for presenting data flows and data connections across various disciplines.
In ATLAS.ti, the Sankey diagram complements the Code Co-occurrence Table. As soon as you create a table, a Sankey diagram visualizing the data will be shown below the table.
The row and column entities of the table are represented in the Sankey model as nodes and edges, showing the strength of co-occurrence between the pairs of nodes. In the Code Co-occurrence table, the connecting pairs are codes for both rows and columns.
For each table cell containing a value, an edge is displayed between the diagram nodes. The thickness of the edges resemble the cell values of the table. Cells with value 0 are not displayed in the Sankey view.
Sankey Diagrams
(Continued)
If you only want to see the table, or the Sankey diagram:
You can select what you want to see by making a selection in the ribbon at the top lefthand side. If you need more space on your screen for the diagram, you can also deactivate the selection lists under the View tab.
Layout:
This basic layout places the selected entities (nodes in Sankey terminology) into vertical „layers“ with the row entities placed to the left and the column entities to the right. If nodes have incoming as well as outgoing links in the currently visible set of nodes, they will be placed in intermediate lanes or layers. In many situations, the initial layout already meets the researchers requirements. However, there are some options to modify the initial layout.
Sentiment Analysis
Sentiment analysis is the interpretation and classification of emotions (positive, negative and neutral) within text data using text analysis techniques.
Carrying out a Sentiment analysis:
To open the tool, select the Search & Code tab and from there Sentiment Analysis.
Select documents or document groups that you want to search and click Continue.
Select whether the base unit for the search, and the later coding, should be paragraphs or sentences, and which sentiment you want to search for.
ATLAS.ti proposes code label for each sentiment: Positive / Neutral / Negative. If you want to use different code names, you can change them here.
Sentiment Analysis (Continued)
The result page shows you a Quotation Reader indicating where the quotations are when coding the data with the proposed code. If coding already exist at the quotation, it will also be shown.
By clicking on the eye icon, you can change between small. medium and large previews.
You can code all results with one of the the proposed codes or with all proposed codes at once; or you can go through review each data segment and then code it by clicking on the plus next to the code name.
You can code all results at once by clicking Apply Proposed Codes, and from there you either select Apply All Codes, or you select one of the codes from the list.
Expert Search with Regular Expressions (regex)
GREP is a well-known search tool in the UNIX world. The original GREP tool printed each line containing the search pattern, hence the acronym GREP (Globally search for a Regular Expression and Print matching lines).
In ATLAS.ti, the results of a GREP search are not printed line-by-line; rather, the text matching the search pattern is highlighted on the screen, or you can automatically code the results including some surrounding context.
The core of a GREP search is the inclusion of special characters in the search string that control the matching process. GREP finds instances in your data that match certain patterns.
You can test and debug any regular expression you formulate on this website: https://regex101.com/
Expert Search with Regular Expressions (regex) (Continued)
Carrying out a text search with Regex
To open the tool, select the Search & Code tab and from there Expert Search.
Select documents or document groups that you want to search and click Continue.
Select whether the base unit for the search and the later coding should be:
Enter a search term. You can test your search expression in the text that you see in the lower half of the screen.
To run the search, click on Show Results.
The result page shows you a Quotation Reader, indicating where the quotations are when (auto)coding the data. If codings already exist at the quotation, those will also be shown.
Code Report
You find a report option in each browser at the top right-hand side in the ribbon.
In addition, predefined reports are available in the Query Tool under the Report button. If you hover over an option with your mouse, the screen tip explains what each of the report contains.
If there is no ribbon option, and you want to export quotations from a result of a query, look for the burger menu:
Code Report (Continued)
Tables can be exported as Excel file.
Data Management
Saving in Atlas ti 9
To save a project, click on the Save icon in the Quick Access toolbar, or select File > Save.
To open a project, click on a project in the list of projects on the Welcome Screen, or if a project is already open, and you want to open another one, select File > Open.
Exporting with Atlas.ti 9
Name File &
Save to Pathway / Location
Click Export
Project can be stored on Dropbox, Hard drive, Email, NYU Box, Thumbdrive
Compatibility�MAC / PC
Atlas.ti 9 has three versions:
1)Atlas.ti 9 for Mac
2) Atlas.ti 9 for Windows.
3) Atlas Ti Web
You can transfer the project between the operating systems of Windows or Mac OS without having to convert the project.
Working with Teams
To set-up a team project, you need to proceed as follows:
��NYU Community�Access to Atlas.Ti software
NYU Data Service
NYU Virtual Computer Lab (VCL)
Using Atlas.ti in the VCL
�Purchasing Atlas.ti (Aug 2020)
STUDENT LICENSE
LIFE-TIME LICENSE
More Atlas.ti
Atlas.ti - Help Menu
Atlas. ti--Video Tutorials can be found here: https://atlasti.com/video-tutorials/
Atlas.ti Manual Online
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