What is the Code Distribution Model?
Overview
The Code Distribution Model provides a structured view of how code activity is distributed rather than treating a single count as the whole result. Use it to compare code concentration, document reach, and the balance between frequent local coding and broader corpus coverage. It is most useful for codebook review and exploratory pattern detection. Find it under Analysis › Frequencies & Comparison › Code Distribution.
What to do
- Identify whether a code is broad across cases or intense in only a few documents.
- Compare related parent and subcodes using the same scope.
- Retrieve evidence before assigning substantive meaning to a distribution shape.