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* It is recommended to first '''draw an outline of the coding scheme(s)''' before starting in AmCAT. | * It is recommended to first '''draw an outline of the coding scheme(s)''' before starting in AmCAT. | ||
− | Think of which '''variables''' to use on which '''level''' (sentence or article), and of the '''answer categories''' that each variable should have. | + | Think of which '''variables''' to use on which '''level''' (sentence or article), and of the '''answer categories''' that each variable should have. Also, make sure you prepare the set of articles or texts you want to code. |
* Then, '''[[create codebooks]]''', '''sets of answer categories''', to attach to variables. You need to create these first to be able to connect the answer categories to the variables in the next step. | * Then, '''[[create codebooks]]''', '''sets of answer categories''', to attach to variables. You need to create these first to be able to connect the answer categories to the variables in the next step. |
Manual annotation of documents in AmCAT is done in the Annotator. To go there, click on 'Annotator' on the upper right of the screen.
Here, you can code documents such as newspaper articles on the article level, the sentence level, or both.
If you want to make your own codingjob from scratch, follow the steps below.
Think of which variables to use on which level (sentence or article), and of the answer categories that each variable should have. Also, make sure you prepare the set of articles or texts you want to code.
• When you are done coding, download coding results to use them for further analysis in programs such as Excel or SPSS.