D-Lab MAXQDA Fundamentals Workshop

This repository is a placeholder for D-Lab's MAXQDA Fundamentals workshop. See the following links to access the materials:

• Workshop materials folder
• Slides:
• Installation Instructions
• QDA Overview
• MAXQDA Basics
• MAXQDA Advanced

Workshop Goals

This two-hour introductory workshop will teach you MaxQDA from scratch with clear introductions, concise examples, and support documents. You will learn how to download and install the MaxQDA software, upload multiple forms of data then how to use manual and autocode features. We will review some of the additional analytic features including visual, memo and the Questions, Themes and Theories (QTT) tools. We will briefly touch on the MaxQDA Team cloud-based version. Instructors will share recommended resources.

Installation Instructions

In preparation for the upcoming workshop, you will can install MAXQDA and download the workshop materials.

1. Download and Install MAXQDA: To download the installation materials, please visit the MAXQDA Website. You can access a free 14-day trial through the MAXQDA website. For assistance with installation, you may view the MAXQDA trial information.

2. Download the Workshop Materials: The workshop materials can be obtained from this GitHub repository.

• Click the green "Code" button in the top right of the repository information.
• Click "Download Zip".
• Extract this file to a folder on your computer where you can easily access it (we recommend Desktop). We will take a few minutes at the start of the workshop to make sure everyone that would like to has MAXQDA installed and the workshop materials downloaded. Please feel free to email or visit the D-Lab Front Desk if you have any questions.

Additional Resources

Check out the following resources to learn more about Stata:

1. MAXQDA book recommendations

• “Getting Started Guide”: for a detailed overview and recommendations for new users.
• Analyzing Open-Ended Survey Questions with MAXQDA: a free downloadable pdf instruction guide.
• Analyzing Focus Groups with MAXQDA: a free downloadable pdf instruction guide.
• Focused Analysis of Qualitative Interviews with MAXQDA: a free downloadable pdf instruction book.

2. MAXQDA webinars and workshops

• Training Courses: offered through MAXQDA’s website
• Video Tutorials

About the UC Berkeley D-Lab

D-Lab works with Berkeley faculty, research staff, and students to advance data-intensive social science and humanities research. Our goal at D-Lab is to provide practical training, staff support, resources, and space to enable you to use R for your own research applications. Our services cater to all skill levels and no programming, statistical, or computer science backgrounds are necessary. We offer these services in the form of workshops, one-to-one consulting, and working groups that cover a variety of research topics, digital tools, and programming languages.

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Contributors

• Renee Starowicz
• Claudia von Vacano