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REFI-QDA

An open exchange format for qualitative data analysis projects, which lets coded projects move between different software.

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In more detail

REFI-QDA is a standard for exporting a qualitative project, including its sources, codes and coded segments, so that another program can read it. NVivo, MAXQDA and ATLAS.ti can each export a project in this format, as a file ending in .qdpx.

Themescape reads REFI-QDA projects exported from NVivo, MAXQDA and ATLAS.ti.

In Themescape

Export your project as a REFI-QDA file ending in .qdpx. In NVivo, choose File, then Export Project on a Mac, or Share, then Export Project, then REFI-QDA Project on Windows. In MAXQDA, choose Save Project As on the Home tab, with the file type REFI-QDA Project. In ATLAS.ti, choose Project, then Export, then REFI-QDA Project on Windows, or File, then Export, then QDPX Project Bundle on a Mac. Then choose Import from your coding software on the Start a project screen. The viewer writes the template files from it, with a short import report, and your project is not changed.

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Where to read more

Import from NVivo, MAXQDA or ATLAS.ti ›

Article: Moving a coded project from NVivo into the template ›

REFI-QDA. (n.d.). The REFI-QDA Standard.

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ThemescapeCoding templateThe Themescape spreadsheet, a Google Sheet or Excel workbook with one row per coded quote, that the viewer reads to draw your map.Read the entryThematic analysisPseudonymA made up name or code used in place of a participant's real name, so quotes can be reported without identifying the person.Read the entryThematic analysisCodeA short label the researcher gives to a segment of data to capture something meaningful about it. Codes are the building blocks themes are developed from.Read the entryThemescapeBuild modeA Parent mode, in beta, for turning a figure style into a finished figure, reshaping it and exporting it.Read the entryThematic analysisCandidate themeA provisional theme generated in phase 3, held loosely while the researcher reviews whether it works against the coded data and the whole dataset.Read the entryThematic analysisCodebookA structured list of codes with definitions, used in codebook approaches to thematic analysis to apply codes consistently, often across several coders.Read the entry

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