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This page describes a feature in AmCAT 3.4 |
View other version: 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 |
A codebook is a set of answer categories that can be assigned to one or more variables in a coding scheme. For example, a list of news topics is a codebook for the variable 'topic', and a list of politicians and political organizations could be a codebook for the variable 'source'.
To make a codebook, first, pick 'codebooks' from the dropdown menu that appears when you click the 'Codings' tab on top of the screen.
You can also add additional codes ('children') below existing codes ('parents') and create a hierarchically structured codebook.
In this example, 'terrorism' is a topic on the same level as other topics in the codebook, such as 'EU' or 'refugee crisis'. 'Middle East' is one level below 'terrorism', that is, it represents one area where terrorism can occur and as such is a more detailed level of coding. If you are interested in the 'terrorism' topic specifically, you can extract the codings from AmCAT on this detailed level, but if not, you can also choose to aggregate all codings coded with the codes under the 'terrorism' parent to the parent level.
To add child codes to parent codes, hover over the parent and click the star icon.
Remember: if you want to create a simple, non-hierarchical codebook, add codes from codebook name, NOT from other codes in the codebook!
You can use your new codebook in a coding scheme.
You can always edit codebooks later, using the icons that appear when you hover the cursor over a code.
The ‘Download codebook’ button on top of the screen downloads the codebook as an Excel, CSV or SPSS file.