Tamara Pataki from MAXQDA presented at MAXDAYS 2025. The title of the session was “Exploring MAXMaps: Creating Concept Maps.” Pataki noted that you can create free maps or pre-built models. I have been curious about the pre-built templates/models! You can import elements including geographical information, noted Pataki. When creating free maps, users can emphasize connections […]
Christina Silver is the Director of the QDAS program and has a lot of experience with thematic analysis. Their session at MAXDAYS 2025 was titled “Thematic Analysis using MAXQDA.” They have a podcast and blog on thematic analysis. Silver started by explaining that thematic analysis encapsulates a range of approaches. They noted that it was […]
Stefan Radiker presented at MAXDAYS 2025 on “Grounded Theory with MAXQDA.” Radiker said that it all started in 1967 with the publication by Barney Glasser and Anselm Strauss on “The Discovery of Grounded Theory.’ Radiker explained the core principles of Grounded Theory studies: Radiker recommends creating a single MAXQDA project from the beginning of the […]
Tonight I watched Andreas Muller, a MAXQDA trainer, present the webinar “Coding with a System: Organizing, changing, & documenting your Code System.” Muller noted that MAXQDA is primarily a coding software. Muller gave an example of codes for a cooking scenario or eating at a restaurant to emphasize different code systems. For example: advantages/disadvantages, codes […]
Tonight I watched the Delve video “Intro to Qualitative Data Analysis using AI Tools.” The video narrator stressed that there isn’t one way to “do” qualitative coding. They defined qualitative coding as “a process of taking unstructured data and systematically categorizing excerpts in order to find themes and patterns for analysis.” Qualitative coding is deeply […]
Tonight I watched a Delve video on Qualitative Data. The title of the video is “Qualitative Data Explained | Comparison to Quantitative Data | Data Examples | How to Analyze.” Qualitative data can provide information that quantitative data can’t. The video described qualitative data as “descriptive: depicts qualities, characteristics, etc.” while quantitative data is “numerical: […]
Lai Yee, the co-founder of Delve, recorded a seminar about Grounded Theory. Tonight I watched the 32 minute session titled “Intro to Grounded Theory Analysis with Delve.” In addition to creating software for qualitative data analysis, they create free resources including webinars, free courses, and infographics. Lai Yee noted that this is one approach and […]
Tonight’s Delve video on qualitative research and coding focused on further rounds of qualitative coding. This two-minute video reviewed codes and improved the code classification system. The session began by noting that while you are grouping codes into themes, you can also review the codes used. When using coding software such as Delve, you can […]
Tonight I watched a Delve video on deductive and inductive approaches to qualitative coding. The short video (2 minutes) was packed with information. They defined deductive coding as a top down approach that starts off with a set of codes based on a research question or framework. Examples of deductive coding mentioned were structural coding […]
Tonight I watched an older webinar from Delve. LaiYee Ho is the co-founder of Delve, online software for coding qualitative data. The title of the session was “Introduction to Coding Qualitative Data with Delve.” They emphasized that there are different ways to code. They defined qualitative coding as “a process of taking unstructured data and […]