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| − | Click on ‘'''Add field'''’ to add a new variable. '''Doubleclick''' on a cell, for example the cell ‘New Field (0)’ above, to change its contents. Press '''‘tab'''’ to jump to the next cell in the table. | + | Click on ‘'''Add field'''’ to add a new variable. If you want to '''change the order''' of the variables in the coding scheme, '''drag''' a variable to its intended position in the coding scheme. '''Doubleclick''' on a cell, for example the cell ‘New Field (0)’ above, to change its contents. Press '''‘tab'''’ to jump to the next cell in the table. |
In the codingschema editor: | In the codingschema editor: | ||
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* Fieldtype is the type of variable. AmCAT uses the following variable types: | * Fieldtype is the type of variable. AmCAT uses the following variable types: | ||
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- ''Text'': coders can enter text freely | - ''Text'': coders can enter text freely | ||
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- ''Quality'': a numerical variable with the values -1, -0.5, 0, 0.5 and 1. | - ''Quality'': a numerical variable with the values -1, -0.5, 0, 0.5 and 1. | ||
| − | * '''Codebook''' has to be defined when the variable type is codebook. A codebook in AmCAT is a list of answer categories | + | |
| − | In the codebook column, you select which codebook | + | * '''Codebook''' has to be defined when the variable type is codebook. A '''[[create codebooks|codebook]]''' in AmCAT is a list of answer categories or possible values for a variable. In the '''codebook''' column, you select which '''[[create codebooks|codebook]]''' to use for this particular variable. |
* Clicking on the '''red garbage bin icon''' removes a variable from the list. | * Clicking on the '''red garbage bin icon''' removes a variable from the list. | ||
* '''Save''', and your codingschema is done. You can always edit a codingschema later. Schemas for article codings and for sentence codings are created in the same way. | * '''Save''', and your codingschema is done. You can always edit a codingschema later. Schemas for article codings and for sentence codings are created in the same way. | ||
After creating a new (empty) coding scheme, you can add variables to it. You do so in the codingschema editor.
Click on ‘Add field’ to add a new variable. If you want to change the order of the variables in the coding scheme, drag a variable to its intended position in the coding scheme. Doubleclick on a cell, for example the cell ‘New Field (0)’ above, to change its contents. Press ‘tab’ to jump to the next cell in the table.
In the codingschema editor:
- Text: coders can enter text freely
- Number: coders can enter numbers freely
- Codebook: coders can choose from predefined answer categories
- Yes/no: this type of variable appears as a box that coders can tick or leave empty
- Quality: a numerical variable with the values -1, -0.5, 0, 0.5 and 1.
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