A
Adjudication
Quality and rigour
Also called: consensus, reconciliation
Settling disagreements between coders, by discussion or by a third person, so that each contested passage ends with one agreed code.
See also
Intercoder agreement
In the Help Center
What should happen during adjudication?
Adjusted p-value
Analysis and figures
Also called: corrected p, multiple comparisons, p-value
A p-value corrected for making many comparisons at once. Without correction, some differences look significant purely by chance.
See also
Chi-square test
In the Help Center
What do the statistical columns in group comparison tables mean?
AI Assistant
In Byleron QDA
Also called: AI coding, AI provider
The optional AI features: suggested codes and passages, selected-text help, and Chat with Data. You decide what is sent and what to accept, and nothing is applied without your review.
See also
AI coding draft
Chat with Data
In the Help Center
Does the AI Assistant code or interpret my project automatically?
What research material is used when I run an AI task?
Can I use Byleron QDA without any AI?
AI coding draft
In Byleron QDA
Also called: AI assistant draft, provisional coding
A set of suggested codes and passages produced by the AI Assistant. A draft is provisional: nothing becomes coding until you accept it and finalize.
See also
Coding
Coded evidence
In the Help Center
Does the AI Assistant code or interpret my project automatically?
How does AI-Assisted Document Coding work?
Finalizing an AI draft says evidence overlaps. What do I do?
Also called: analysis menu
The area where you look at your coding as tables and figures. It is grouped into Overview, Variables, Evidence, Relations & Maps, Frequencies & Comparison and Rigour.
See also
Results Builder
In the Help Center
Where do I find each analysis?
What should I check first in Analysis?
Anonymization and pseudonymization
Qualitative research
Also called: anonymisation, pseudonym, de-identification
Removing or replacing details that could identify a participant. Anonymization removes them so they cannot be recovered; pseudonymization replaces them, for example with a code name, so that a separate key could restore them.
See also
Data ownership
In the Help Center
Can the workspace anonymize or pseudonymize my data for me?
What should I check before uploading research material?
Audit trail
Quality and rigour
Also called: activity log, decision trail
A record of what was done and decided during an analysis, so that others can follow how conclusions were reached. In Byleron QDA the project activity list records actions such as coding, merging codes and writing memos, with dates.
See also
Memo
Reflexivity
In the Help Center
Is there an audit trail of changes made to a project?
What does the collaboration round timeline show?
B
Backup and export
In Byleron QDA
Also called: JSON backup, project export
A copy of your project saved outside the workspace. A JSON export keeps everything Byleron QDA stores; a QDPX export is for other qualitative programs.
See also
REFI-QDA (QDPX)
In the Help Center
How should I protect and back up an important project?
Should I export JSON or QDPX?
How do I export, back up, or move a project?
Boolean search
In Byleron QDA
Also called: KWIC, keyword in context, quick search
A search that combines words with AND, OR, NOT and NEAR so that you can find passages by a pattern of words. Results are shown with the words around them (keyword in context) and can be coded all at once.
See also
Coding
In the Help Center
How do I write a Boolean or proximity search?
How do I search for words or phrases inside research material?
Can I save a search and run it again?
C
Case
Qualitative research
Also called: cases
The unit you describe or compare, such as a participant, a family, a school or an organisation. In Byleron QDA a document usually stands for a case, so comparing documents compares cases.
See also
Document
Variable
In the Help Center
What is the Case–Code Network useful for?
Can figures show participant variables instead of file names?
Case–code network
Analysis and figures
Also called: case-theme network
A network that joins each case to the codes used in it. It shows which cases share ideas and which ideas stand alone.
See also
Case
Map
In the Help Center
What is the Case–Code Network useful for?
Chat with Data
In Byleron QDA
Also called: data chat
An AI assistant that answers questions about your documents and points to the passages it drew on. Its answers are leads to check against the text, not findings.
See also
AI coding draft
In the Help Center
How should I use Chat with Data?
What research material is used when I run an AI task?
Chi-square test
Analysis and figures
Also called: chi square, χ², test of association
A test of whether two categories, for example a group and the presence of a code, are related more than chance would explain. It is unreliable when expected counts are small, and Byleron QDA marks such cells.
See also
Cramér's V
Adjusted p-value
In the Help Center
What do the statistical columns in group comparison tables mean?
Cluster tree
Analysis and figures
Also called: dendrogram, hierarchical clustering
A branching diagram that groups codes or documents by how similarly they are coded. Items on the same small branch are coded alike. The grouping depends on the settings you choose, so read it as a suggestion.
See also
Co-occurrence
In the Help Center
What does the Cluster tree show?
Co-occurrence
Analysis and figures
Also called: cooccurrence, co-occur
Two codes appearing together, in the same document or in overlapping passages, depending on the rule you choose. Co-occurrence shows that ideas travel together; it does not show that one causes the other.
See also
Code
Map
In the Help Center
How should I interpret code co-occurrence?
When should I use Metadata-Faceted Co-occurrence Profiles?
Code
Coding and the codebook
Also called: codes
A short label for an idea, topic or concept found in the data, together with the passages coded with it. A code should have a definition so that it is applied the same way each time.
See also
Subcode
Codebook
Code definition
In the Help Center
How do I code a text selection?
How do I edit, merge, move, or delete codes?
Code adjacency
Analysis and figures
Also called: sequential adjacency, transition network
Which code tends to follow which in the order of a document or a conversation. It suits questions about sequence, such as what comes after a complaint.
See also
Co-occurrence
Map
In the Help Center
When is the Sequential Code Adjacency Network meaningful?
Code definition
Coding and the codebook
Also called: include when, exclude when, inclusion criteria
A written statement of what a code means, often with when to use it and when not to. Good definitions are what make coding repeatable, and they are what an AI assistant or a second coder relies on.
See also
Code
Codebook
Intercoder agreement
In the Help Center
What should I write in a code definition, inclusion guidance, and exclusion guidance?
Code discovery curve
Quality and rigour
Also called: saturation curve
A line showing how many new codes appear as you work through the documents in order. If it flattens, new documents are adding few new codes. That is a useful signal, not proof that nothing more can be found.
See also
Saturation
In the Help Center
What does the Cumulative Code Discovery Curve show?
Code hierarchy
Coding and the codebook
Also called: code tree, coding frame
The layered structure of codes: broad codes at the top, more specific subcodes beneath. A hierarchy helps you see how ideas group into larger themes. Byleron QDA allows up to ten levels.
See also
Subcode
Theme
In the Help Center
When should I use parent codes and subcodes?
Codebook
Coding and the codebook
Also called: code system, coding scheme
The complete list of codes in a project with their definitions and structure. A clear codebook makes coding consistent over time and between coders, and it can be exported and imported.
See also
Code
Code definition
REFI-QDA (QDPX)
In the Help Center
How do I create a useful codebook?
How do I export or import a codebook?
What should I write in a code definition, inclusion guidance, and exclusion guidance?
Coded evidence
Coding and the codebook
Also called: evidence, coded segment, segment, passage, quotation
A passage, image region, frame or time range that you have coded. It is the material a code is based on. In Byleron QDA every coded item can be reopened in its document.
See also
Coding
Retrieved Evidence
In the Help Center
How do I review all evidence assigned to a code?
What is the Coded Evidence view for?
Can I code media without coding transcript text?
Coded Evidence (analysis)
Analysis and figures
Also called: evidence explorer
The Analysis view that lists every coded passage for a code, with its document and location, so you can read what sits behind a count.
See also
Coded evidence
Retrieved Evidence
In the Help Center
What is the Coded Evidence view for?
Coding
Coding and the codebook
Also called: to code
Attaching a label, called a code, to a passage of data so that everything about one idea can be found and compared later. Coding is an interpretive step: the label states what you think the passage is evidence of.
See also
Code
Coded evidence
Codebook
In the Help Center
How do I code a text selection?
How does drag-and-drop coding work?
How does coding work for each file type?
Cohen's kappa
Quality and rigour
Also called: kappa
A measure of agreement between two coders that corrects for the agreement expected by chance. A value near 1 means strong agreement; a value near 0 means agreement no better than chance. What counts as acceptable depends on the study.
See also
Percent agreement
Krippendorff's alpha
In the Help Center
What does Intercoder Agreement measure?
Collaboration
In Byleron QDA
Also called: shared project, collaborator, coder, co-coder
Working on one project with other people. The owner invites collaborators, and roles decide what each person can see and change.
See also
Independent coding round
Audit trail
In the Help Center
How does Work together (shared, live collaboration) work?
What can owners, collaborators, and coders each do?
Why did the collaboration invitation email not arrive?
Comparative patterns
Analysis and figures
Also called: group comparison, cross-tabulation
A comparison of how codes are used across groups defined by a variable, for example teachers and students. With small groups, differences may be due to chance, so treat them as leads to check in the text.
See also
Variable
Case
In the Help Center
What does Code Patterns by One Metadata Variable show?
What do the statistical columns in group comparison tables mean?
Comparative Patterns: where do I start?
Which comparative coding measure should I choose?
How do Code Patterns by Two Metadata Variables work?
What does Sample Metadata Cross-tab (No Codes) represent?
Content analysis
Qualitative research
Also called: qualitative content analysis
A method that sorts material into categories according to explicit rules and, in some forms, counts how often each category occurs. It suits questions about what is said and how often, and it depends on clear code definitions.
See also
Code definition
Intercoder agreement
Thematic analysis
In the Help Center
How can I conduct content analysis or thematic analysis in Byleron QDA?
Which qualitative methods can Byleron QDA support?
Count with subcodes
Analysis and figures
Also called: rolled-up count, direct count, rolled up
A parent code's total includes the evidence of all its subcodes. Its direct count is what was coded on the parent itself.
See also
Subcode
Frequency
In the Help Center
When should I use parent codes and subcodes?
What does Frequency show, and when is it useful?
Coverage
Analysis and figures
Also called: text coverage, coded share
The share of a document's text that has been coded. Low coverage may mean a document is under-coded, or simply that much of it is not relevant.
See also
Frequency
Distribution
In the Help Center
What should I check first in Analysis?
What does Document / Code Distribution help me examine?
Why does a chart show fewer items, and how do I see all of them?
Cramér's V
Analysis and figures
Also called: Cramers V, effect size
A number from 0 to 1 that says how strong an association is, independent of sample size. A significant test with a tiny V is a real but weak pattern.
See also
Chi-square test
In the Help Center
What do the statistical columns in group comparison tables mean?
D
Data ownership
In Byleron QDA
Also called: your data, content ownership
Your project content stays yours. Byleron QDA stores it to run the workspace, and you can export it at any time.
See also
Backup and export
In the Help Center
Who owns the material and analysis I create in my projects?
What information does Byleron QDA store about me and my work?
How do I get all my data out of Byleron QDA?
Deductive coding
Qualitative research
Also called: concept-driven coding, top-down coding
Applying codes decided in advance, drawn from theory, earlier research or a research question, to the data. Codes can still be refined when the data do not fit.
See also
Inductive coding
Codebook
In the Help Center
How do I create a useful codebook?
How do I export or import a codebook?
Distribution
Analysis and figures
Also called: code distribution
How coding is spread across documents and codes: whether an idea appears in many sources or is concentrated in a few.
See also
Frequency
Prominence and dispersion
In the Help Center
What does Document / Code Distribution help me examine?
What is the Code Distribution Model?
Why does a chart show fewer items, and how do I see all of them?
Document
Qualitative research
Also called: file, source, data source
One item of material in a project: an interview transcript, a report, a survey export, an image, a recording or a video. In Byleron QDA each document is added as a file and can be read, coded and given variables.
See also
Case
Variable
In the Help Center
Which file types can I analyze?
How does coding work for each file type?
Document label
In Byleron QDA
Also called: labels, P1, participant label
A short display name for a document built from a prefix and chosen variables, for example P3 · F · Teacher. It changes how documents are named in lists, figures and tables without renaming the files.
See also
Document
Variable
In the Help Center
Can figures show participant variables instead of file names?
Document presence
Analysis and figures
Also called: presence
The percentage of documents in a group that contain a code at least once. It shows how widespread an idea is across cases, not how much of it there is.
See also
Comparative patterns
Frequency
In the Help Center
What does Code Patterns by One Metadata Variable show?
Which comparative coding measure should I choose?
Drag-and-drop coding
Coding and the codebook
Also called: drag coding
Coding by selecting a passage and dragging it onto a code in the code list, instead of choosing the code from a menu.
See also
Coding
Code
In the Help Center
How does drag-and-drop coding work?
How do I code a text selection?
E
Evidence pool
In Byleron QDA
The set of coded passages attached to a figure or table in Results Builder as its supporting quotations. You control which passages are in it, and only they are shared with the AI when you ask for a description.
See also
Results Builder
Coded evidence
In the Help Center
What do the Evidence Pool search, filters, roles, and Include visible buttons do?
How does the Evidence Pool work, and what does Results Builder AI read?
Evidence query
Analysis and figures
Also called: advanced query, complex query
A search across coded evidence that combines codes and variables, for example passages coded with A and with B, from documents where the group is teachers.
See also
Coded evidence
Variable
In the Help Center
What can Advanced Evidence Query find?
How should I use metadata filters?
F
Figure and table
In Byleron QDA
Also called: results item, result items
A picture or a table taken from Analysis and placed in Results Builder. Each keeps the data behind it, and can be downloaded or exported to Word.
See also
Results Builder
In the Help Center
How do I add a table or figure to Results Builder?
How do I organize and edit a Results Builder draft?
What do Auto-number and Include figure data tables do?
How sharp are downloaded maps and figures?
Framework analysis
Qualitative research
A method that organises data into a matrix of cases and themes so that each case can be summarised and compared across the whole data set. It is used often in applied and policy research.
See also
Case
Theme
In the Help Center
How can I use codebook, framework, and comparative analysis workflows?
Frequency
Analysis and figures
Also called: code frequency
How often a code was applied, and in how many documents. Frequency shows where coding is concentrated. It is not a measure of importance: a rarely coded idea can matter a great deal.
See also
Distribution
Prominence and dispersion
In the Help Center
What does Frequency show, and when is it useful?
G
Getting started
In Byleron QDA
Also called: first steps, quick tour
The shortest path from a new account to a first coded document and a first figure.
See also
Project
Coding
In the Help Center
What are the first steps in a new project?
What workflow should I follow for a new study?
I
Independent coding round
Quality and rigour
Also called: coding round, coder return
A round in which a second coder codes a copy of the material without seeing the first coder's coding, and then returns it to the owner for comparison and agreement checks.
See also
Intercoder agreement
Adjudication
In the Help Center
How do I prepare an independent coding round with Send to coder?
What collaboration approaches are available, and which should I choose?
Inductive coding
Qualitative research
Also called: data-driven coding, bottom-up coding
Building codes from what you find in the data, without starting from a fixed list. The codebook grows and changes as you read.
See also
Deductive coding
Codebook
In the Help Center
How do I create a useful codebook?
What workflow should I follow for a new study?
Intercoder agreement
Quality and rigour
Also called: inter-rater reliability, intercoder reliability, coder agreement
How closely two or more coders apply the same codes to the same material. It is used to check that a codebook is clear enough to be applied consistently. Not every qualitative approach uses it.
See also
Percent agreement
Cohen's kappa
Krippendorff's alpha
Adjudication
In the Help Center
What does Intercoder Agreement measure?
How do I prepare an independent coding round with Send to coder?
Interview question
Qualitative research
Also called: question key, question label
A question put to participants. Giving equivalent questions the same question key across transcripts lets you compare how different participants answered the same question.
See also
Speaker turn
Case
In the Help Center
How do I identify speakers and interview questions?
How does Comparative Document Coding work?
J
Jaccard index
Analysis and figures
Also called: Jaccard, Dice coefficient, Dice
A way to express how much two codes overlap, as the share of documents that contain both out of those that contain either. Dice is a close relative that weights the overlap more heavily. Both range from 0 to 1.
See also
Co-occurrence
In the Help Center
How should I interpret code co-occurrence?
K
Krippendorff's alpha
Quality and rigour
Also called: alpha
An agreement measure that works with two or more coders and with missing data, and that also corrects for chance. It is widely used in content analysis.
See also
Cohen's kappa
Intercoder agreement
In the Help Center
What does Intercoder Agreement measure?
L
Line width
Analysis and figures
Also called: edge width, tie strength
Drawing thicker lines for stronger links or for more heavily coded branches in a map or network, so strength is visible without reading numbers.
See also
Map
Co-occurrence
In the Help Center
Can I change the line width in the Memo Network and Case–Code Network?
M
Also called: concept map, network
A drawing of codes and cases as nodes joined by lines, for example the code hierarchy or the codes one case uses. A map is a way to look at structure and links; it is not a finding in itself.
See also
Code hierarchy
Co-occurrence
In the Help Center
Which Map should I use?
What are the map styles, and how do I change them?
What does the Single-Case map show?
What does the Two-Cases map show?
What does the Code–Subcodes–Evidence map show?
How do I zoom, fit or reset a map, network or figure?
Memo
Qualitative research
Also called: memos, analytic memo
A note you write to yourself during analysis: an emerging idea, a decision about a code, a link to theory, or a reflection on your own position. Memos are part of your reasoning, not participant evidence.
See also
Reflexivity
Audit trail
In the Help Center
What are memos and where should I use them?
What are memo categories, and can I add my own?
Which memo type should I choose?
Memo category
Qualitative research
Also called: analytic memo, theoretical memo, methodological memo
A label for the kind of thinking in a memo: analytic, theoretical, methodological, reflexive, codebook, or question. You can add your own categories.
See also
Memo
Reflexivity
In the Help Center
What are memo categories, and can I add my own?
Memo network
Analysis and figures
Also called: memo-centered concept network
A network with memos as nodes, joined to the codes they are about. It shows where your own thinking has gathered and which codes have none.
See also
Memo
Map
In the Help Center
What does the Memo-Centered Concept Network contribute?
Memo types
Qualitative research
Also called: project memo, code memo, document memo, passage memo, question memo
What a memo is attached to: the whole project, a code, a document, a passage or range, or an interview question. The type tells you what the memo is about; the category tells you what kind of thinking it holds.
See also
Memo
Memo category
In the Help Center
Which memo type should I choose?
What are memo categories, and can I add my own?
Merge codes
Coding and the codebook
Also called: merging
Combining two codes that mean the same thing into one. All evidence, the memo and any subcodes of the merged code move to the code you keep, and the merged code is deleted.
See also
Split a code
Code
In the Help Center
How do I edit, merge, move, or delete codes?
Can I edit, merge, split or delete a code from its evidence window?
Methods draft
In Byleron QDA
Also called: methods text
Descriptive text about how the analysis was done, produced in Results Builder from your project details. It must be checked and edited by you before use.
See also
Project guidance
Results Builder
In the Help Center
Where do I enter the project details that Methods and findings use?
What are the title, caption, findings, notes, and Regenerate controls for?
Move selected evidence
Coding and the codebook
Also called: recode, move to code
Sending ticked evidence from one code to another, or to a new code. It works for text passages, image and PDF regions, video frames and audio or video ranges.
See also
Merge codes
Split a code
In the Help Center
Can I edit, merge, split or delete a code from its evidence window?
How do I edit, merge, move, or delete codes?
N
Negative case
Quality and rigour
Also called: outlier, deviant case, disconfirming case
A case that does not fit the pattern you are describing. Looking for and reporting negative cases tests an interpretation and often refines it.
See also
Theme
Case
In the Help Center
How should I use the Negative Case and Outlier Profile?
O
Overlapping coding
Coding and the codebook
Also called: overlap, multi-coding
Two codes, or two passages with the same code, covering some of the same text. Overlap is normal when one passage means more than one thing; it becomes a problem when it duplicates the same evidence.
See also
Coding
Coded evidence
In the Help Center
Finalizing an AI draft says evidence overlaps. What do I do?
What is the Coded Evidence view for?
Also called: project overview
The first Analysis page. It shows what the project is about, where it stands, your recent activity, the data, coding progress and what needs attention.
See also
Analysis
In the Help Center
What should I check first in Analysis?
How do I pick up where I left off?
P
PDF text layer
Coding and the codebook
Also called: selectable text, scanned PDF
The hidden text behind the picture of a PDF page that lets you select and code words. A scanned PDF often has none, so its passages can only be coded as regions, or the text must be recognised first.
See also
Region
Document
In the Help Center
Why can’t I select text in a PDF?
How do text coding and region coding work in PDFs?
Percent agreement
Quality and rigour
Also called: simple agreement
The share of coding decisions on which coders match. It is easy to read but does not allow for agreement that happens by chance.
See also
Cohen's kappa
Intercoder agreement
In the Help Center
What does Intercoder Agreement measure?
Portrait
Analysis and figures
Also called: case portrait, coding profile
A compact profile of coding across documents or cases, so you can see at a glance what each case is mostly about.
See also
Case
Frequency
In the Help Center
What does the Portrait view show?
Also called: workspace project
A container for one study: its documents, codes, coded evidence, memos, variables and results.
See also
Document
Codebook
In the Help Center
How do I create and prepare my first project?
How do I create, select, rename, or delete a project?
What happens when I delete a project, file, code, or memo?
Project guidance
In Byleron QDA
Also called: project profile, project details
The description of your study: research aim, questions, method, language and similar details. The AI and the Results Builder use it to frame their wording, so keeping it accurate matters.
See also
Results Builder
In the Help Center
Why should I complete Project Guidance, and what belongs in each field?
Where do I enter the project details that Methods and findings use?
Prominence and dispersion
Analysis and figures
Also called: prominence, dispersion
Prominence describes how much of the data a code takes up; dispersion describes how widely it is spread. Together they separate ideas that are large and widespread from ones that are large but concentrated in a few sources.
See also
Frequency
Distribution
In the Help Center
How should I read the Code Prominence vs Dispersion Plot?
Q
Qualitative data analysis
Qualitative research
Also called: QDA, CAQDAS
The systematic study of non-numerical material, such as interviews, documents, images and recordings, to understand meaning and patterns. Software that supports this work is often called CAQDAS (computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software). The software organises and retrieves; the interpretation stays with the researcher.
See also
Coding
Thematic analysis
Content analysis
In the Help Center
What can I do in Byleron QDA?
How should I choose a qualitative method before starting?
R
Range
Coding and the codebook
Also called: audio range, video range, time range
A stretch of an audio or video recording, from one moment to another, that you code. The range can carry one or several codes and a memo.
See also
Timestamp
Region
In the Help Center
Can I code media without coding transcript text?
How does coding work for each file type?
REFI-QDA (QDPX)
In Byleron QDA
Also called: QDPX, REFI-QDA, QDC
An open exchange format for qualitative projects. A QDPX file carries codes, documents, coded passages and memos between programs, and a QDC file carries a codebook only. It lets you move work in and out of Byleron QDA.
See also
Codebook
In the Help Center
What does a QDPX compatibility warning mean?
Should I export JSON or QDPX?
How do I export, back up, or move a project?
Reflexivity
Qualitative research
Also called: reflexive
The researcher's ongoing reflection on how their background, assumptions and choices shape what they see in the data and how they interpret it. Reflexive memos are a common way to record it.
See also
Memo
Audit trail
In the Help Center
What are memo categories, and can I add my own?
Region
Coding and the codebook
Also called: image region, PDF region, video frame region
A rectangle drawn on an image, a PDF page or a video frame to mark what you are coding, for example one person in a photograph.
See also
Range
Coded evidence
In the Help Center
How does coding work for each file type?
How do text coding and region coding work in PDFs?
Research ethics review
Qualitative research
Also called: ethics approval, institutional review, IRB, ethics committee
The approval and oversight process that a university or institution applies to research involving people. Check what your review body requires before you upload participant data or use AI on it.
See also
Anonymization and pseudonymization
In the Help Center
Does the workspace meet GDPR or my institution’s compliance requirements?
What are the AI Assistant’s limitations, and how should I disclose its use?
Results Builder
In Byleron QDA
The place where you collect tables and figures from Analysis, order them, add descriptive wording and export a results document. Interpretation and the final text stay yours.
See also
Evidence pool
In the Help Center
What is Results Builder for?
How do I go from coded data to a first results draft?
Retrieved Evidence
In Byleron QDA
Also called: retrieval
The window that lists every piece of evidence coded with one code, with its document and location. From it you can open the evidence, move it to another code, and edit, merge, split or delete the code.
See also
Coded evidence
Code
In the Help Center
How do I review all evidence assigned to a code?
Can I edit, merge, split or delete a code from its evidence window?
S
Sample project
In Byleron QDA
Also called: demo project
A small ready-made project you can open to try coding and analysis without using your own data.
See also
Project
In the Help Center
What is the Sample project for?
What are the first steps in a new project?
Saturation
Quality and rigour
Also called: code saturation, thematic saturation
The point at which further data stop producing new codes or new insight. It is debated as a stopping rule, so justify any claim of saturation with your reasoning and not with a number alone.
See also
Code discovery curve
In the Help Center
What does the Cumulative Code Discovery Curve show?
Saved search
In Byleron QDA
Also called: saved searches
A search you keep so that you can run it again with one click. It is stored with your project.
See also
Boolean search
In the Help Center
Can I save a search and run it again?
How do I search for words or phrases inside research material?
Segment length
Analysis and figures
Also called: length distribution
How long the coded passages are. Very short or very long passages can signal inconsistent coding, or a code that is applied to different kinds of things.
See also
Coding
In the Help Center
Why examine Segment Length Distribution?
Speaker turn
Qualitative research
Also called: turn, speaker, interviewer, participant
One continuous contribution by one speaker in a transcript. Labelling turns by speaker and role lets you analyse what participants said separately from the interviewer.
See also
Interview question
Transcript
In the Help Center
How do I identify speakers and interview questions?
Split a code
Coding and the codebook
Also called: splitting
Dividing an overloaded code into more specific ones. You create the new codes, usually as subcodes of the original, and decide which evidence belongs to each. The original code is never deleted.
See also
Merge codes
Subcode
In the Help Center
How do I split one code into several?
Subcode
Coding and the codebook
Also called: sub-code, child code, parent code
A more specific code placed under a broader one. The broader code is the parent. In Byleron QDA a parent counts the evidence of its subcodes, so its total shows the whole idea and its own count shows what was coded directly.
See also
Code
Code hierarchy
Split a code
In the Help Center
When should I use parent codes and subcodes?
How do I edit, merge, move, or delete codes?
T
Thematic analysis
Qualitative research
Also called: reflexive thematic analysis
A method for identifying, organising and interpreting patterns of meaning, called themes, across a data set. Themes are built by the researcher from codes; they are not simply the most frequent codes.
See also
Theme
Content analysis
Code
In the Help Center
How can I conduct content analysis or thematic analysis in Byleron QDA?
How should I choose a qualitative method before starting?
Thematic trajectory
Analysis and figures
Also called: trajectory
How coding on a theme changes across an ordered variable, such as interview date or wave. It helps you see when an idea rises, fades or appears.
See also
Variable
Theme
In the Help Center
When is the Thematic Trajectory Plot appropriate?
Theme
Coding and the codebook
Also called: themes, category
A pattern of meaning that organises several codes around one central idea. A theme is an interpretation you build and argue for, supported by evidence, not a label that is simply found.
See also
Code
Thematic analysis
Code hierarchy
In the Help Center
How can I conduct content analysis or thematic analysis in Byleron QDA?
What is the Case–Code Network useful for?
Timestamp
Qualitative research
Also called: time stamp, time code
A time marker, such as [00:12:40], that ties a line of a transcript to a moment in the audio or video. Timestamps let you code a range of the recording and play it back.
See also
Transcript
Range
In the Help Center
When should I include timestamps?
Can I code media without coding transcript text?
Transcript
Qualitative research
Also called: transcription, transcribing
A written record of spoken material such as an interview or a focus group. In Byleron QDA a transcript can be imported, or created from an audio or video file, and it can carry timestamps that link each line to the recording.
See also
Timestamp
Speaker turn
In the Help Center
How do I transcribe audio or video?
When should I include timestamps?
How do I identify speakers and interview questions?
Treemap
Analysis and figures
A figure of nested rectangles whose areas show how much coded evidence each code holds, so the biggest ideas are visible at a glance.
See also
Frequency
Code hierarchy
In the Help Center
When should I use a Treemap?
Triangulation
Quality and rigour
Checking a finding against more than one kind of source, method or researcher, so that it does not rest on a single view.
See also
Negative case
In the Help Center
How can I analyze images, audio, video, and multiple source types?
V
Variable
Qualitative research
Also called: variables, metadata, attribute, attributes
A characteristic that describes a case or document, for example age group, school, gender or interview date. Variables let you compare groups and filter evidence, but they are not coded from the text.
See also
Case
Comparative patterns
In the Help Center
What can I do in the Variables tab?
How should I use metadata filters?
Video frame
Coding and the codebook
Also called: frame
A single still picture from a video. You can code the whole frame or draw a region on it, which suits questions about what is visible at one moment.
See also
Region
Range
In the Help Center
How does coding work for each file type?
How can I analyze images, audio, video, and multiple source types?
W
What is sent to the AI
In Byleron QDA
Also called: data scope, data sent to AI
The text, definitions and details of your project that are shared with the AI provider when you use an AI feature. It is limited to what the feature needs, and AI features are optional.
See also
AI Assistant
In the Help Center
What research material is used when I run an AI task?
Which AI provider processes my data, and under what terms?
Word cloud
Analysis and figures
Also called: clouds
A picture in which words are sized by how often they occur. It describes vocabulary, not meaning, so use it to explore language and check it against the coded evidence.
See also
Frequency
In the Help Center
How should I use and interpret Clouds?
Word export
In Byleron QDA
Also called: DOCX, Word document
A Word file of your results, with numbered captions, figures and tables, created in Results Builder.
See also
Results Builder
In the Help Center
What is included in a Results Builder DOCX download?
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