Introduction
  • Introduction: Know Your Instructor
  • How to get answer to your queries fast?
Practice Datasets & Resources
  • Link to practice data and resources
References
  • Research Articles
Downloading and Installing MAXQDA?
  • Introduction to MAXQDA
  • How to Download and Install MAXQDA?
  • How to Get A Free Course or Lab License of MAXQDA?
  • MAXQDA Licensing Options
Getting Familiar with MAXQDA Interface
  • Starting MAXQDA and Exploring the SPLASH Screen
  • How to Create a Project in MAXQDA
  • Understanding MAXQDA Interface Part 1 - The Top Panel
  • Understanding MAXQDA Interface Part 2 - The 4 Quadrants Screen
Learning to Import and Organize Data in MAXQDA
  • Understanding Project and Data
  • Creating a Project in MAXQDA
  • Importing Data in MAXQDA: Text, Pdf, Audio, Video and Images
  • Organizing documents in MAXQDA - The Hard Way
  • Organizing Data in MAXQDA - The SmartWay
  • Sorting Document Folders and Documents in MAXQDA
  • Sub-grouping of Document Folders in MAXQDA
  • Importing Survey Data Part 1: Understanding and Coding Variables in Survey
  • Importing Survey Data Part 2: Import and Explanation
Doing Transcription in MAXQDA
  • What is Transcription?
  • Understanding the Audio Waveform
  • Understanding the Audio Controls
  • Understanding the Timestamps
  • Managing Volume and Play Speed
  • Inserting Document Links in Transcription
  • Inserting Memo in Transcription
  • Understanding Clip Selection Icons
  • Clip Selection Icons in Action
  • Exploring Play and Pause Options
Theoretical Foundations of Qualitative Research
  • Should I use Software for Doing Qualitative Data Analysis?
  • How to Proceed with Qualitative Data?
  • The Nature of Social Reality
  • Ontology and Epistemology
  • Inductive and Deductive Approaches
  • Noticing-Thinking-Collecting Approach
Which Qualitative Method I Should Use and When?
  • Choosing a Right Qualitative Method
  • What is Thematic Analysis and When to Use it?
  • What is Grounded Theory and When to Use it?
  • What is Content Analysis and When to Use it?
  • What is Discourse Analysis and When to Use it?
  • What is Narrative Analysis and When to Use it?
  • What is Ethnography and When to Use it?
  • What is Social Network Analysis and When to Use it?
Coding in MAXQDA: Basics
  • Steps Involved in Qualitative Analysis
  • What is Code (or an Open Code)?
  • What is Category?
  • What is Theoretical Sampling and How to Do it?
  • Types of Coding: Open, Axial & Selective Coding
  • Learning to Write an Open Code in MAXQDA
  • Learning to Write an In-Vivo Code in MAXQDA
  • Open Coding: Understanding Properties, Categories and Dimensions
  • What is Axial Coding?
  • Axial Coding: Conditions, Context, Action/Interaction Strategies & Consequences
  • Selective Coding
Coding in MAXQDA: Advanced
  • Advanced Open Coding: Color Coding and Highlight Coding
  • Embedded Coding: Embedding Code within Code
  • A Note of Caution Against Indiscriminate Coding: Implications for Alpha Coeff
Data Visualization in MAXQDA Analytics Pro
  • Introduction to Data Visualization in MAXQDA
  • Understanding Word Clouds and their Use
  • Creating Word cloud of a Selected Text/Document
  • Refining Word Cloud: Creating, Importing and Exporting Stop List
  • Word Cloud: Understanding Search Result Table
  • Exporting Word Cloud Search Frequencies in Excel and HTML Format
  • Creating Word Cloud of All Documents in A Folder
  • Using Word Cloud as an Aid to Sampling
  • Creating Word Cloud for Entire Project
  • Understanding and Exporting Frequency Table in Word Cloud
  • Using Frequency Table to Update Stop List
  • Auto-coding using Word Cloud
References
  • Further Readings