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Qualitative Methods Refresher: Creating Codes and Building a Robust Codebook

1/31/2022
<p>Enjoy a refresher in qual coding basics and making robust systems! Codes can be system-based (a priori/etic) or inspired by data (in vivo/emic).</p>
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Innovative Visual Methods with Dedoose 

8/26/2021
<p>From photo-elicitation, photo-voice, analyzing video or images, or discourse analysis—there are numerous ways to engage visual media in research to explore complex questions and topics concerning social scientists! </p>
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Dedoose 9.0 for Chromebook and Linux

8/26/2021
<p>Greetings, Dedoosers!  We’re proud to announce that Dedoose 9.0 has not only arrived, but is also available for download on Chromebook and Linux. </p>
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Coding and Excerpting: Best Practices, Tips and Tricks

6/1/2021
<p>Find a compilation of resources to help you in your coding and excerpting in Dedoose!</p>
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Exporting Options in Dedoose

1/11/2019
<p>This blog discusses the various exports available in Dedoose, how you can aquire them and what common purposes you can use them for. Come check out all the exporting options available!</p>
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Dedoose Reminders to Keep Your Qualitative and Mixed Methods Work Rolling Along

12/27/2018
<p>Reminders about the terrific survey importer, quick code widget and a variety of guidance on examining inter-rater reliability in Dedoose. All great stuff for qualitative and mixed methods research and evaluation data analysis.</p>
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MiniBlog: The Home Tab

12/19/2018
<p>A Mini-Blog all about the Dedoose Home Workspace, serving not only as a &#8220;portal&#8221; to project, but also giving you a top-down view of how things are starting to look.</p>
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Dedoose 8.1: New charts and other improvements

12/7/2018
<p>Explore your new quantitative possibilities with new charts added in 8.1 in this blog!</p>
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Dedoose 8.1: Changes to the Account Work Space

11/9/2018
<p>Dedoose 8.1 introduced a complete rework of the Account Workspace. Click the Account button and follow this blog to explore your new administrative capabilities!</p>
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Dedoose 8.1 Patch Notes:

10/26/2018
<p>Dedoose 8.1 is finally here, and with it new features! Check out a breakdown of the changes with our patch notes!</p>
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Analyzing your Open-Ended Survey Data

10/5/2018
<p>Find out how to analyze your qualitative survey data by using the Code Co-Occurrence chart.</p>
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MiniBlog: Sprucing up your Code Tree

6/22/2018
<p>Learn how to make your code tree export easier to digest visually with this blog!</p>
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A Quick Summary of the Demo Project

6/12/2018
<p>A quick summary of the Demo Project included with every new Dedoose account</p>
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Our Next Blog Series! Data Collection pt 1

4/11/2018
<p>As we all know too well, data analysis cannot be done without the data! In this new blog series, we will be going over the process we followed to set up and analyze a project related to speeches from and related to the EU.</p>
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NEW Updated Dedoose Support Video Tutorials! Part 2: Code Setup

2/28/2017
<p>Here we discuss getting started from a shell in Dedoose, and how to approach creating, editing and using a code system. This includes creating descriptor fields and data, importing descriptor fields and data, submitting resources, linking resources and descriptors, building a tag tree and a whole lot more, brought to you by our very own Eli Lieber of UCLA.</p>
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Wait…So what is the ‘cloud’ again?

6/2/2016
<p>The cloud, or cloud computing can be a confusing thing. We are not talking about the weather, but a place that information is stored and can be interacted with. The term ‘the cloud’ can be loosely thought of as the Internet. Information in the cloud is stored on servers belonging to and maintained by others—not directly on your local computer. If you have used Gmail or Yahoo to access your email, watched videos on YouTube, used Netflix, or paid a bill online, then you have used a web application that is operating in the cloud.</p>
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Full PDF and Image Support in Latest Dedoose Release

3/7/2016
<p>Our user community was abuzz with the key new features in Dedoose 7. After a tremendous amount of work, our awesome Tech Team has now added image based PDF and image importing, excerpting, and coding capabilities. To bring you the best of both worlds, you now have the option to importing PDFs as native image-based media or make use of the OCR technology to import the file as a document-based media.</p>
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Dedoose Updates!

9/24/2015
<p>Information about new features included in our most recent update, including changes to the Code Tree, new &#8220;Re-Parent&#8221; and &#8220;Make Root&#8221; code options, retroactive upcode, and a few security updates. Hope you enjoy!</p>
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Access Groups and You

5/19/2015
<p>Collaboration is king, but we also believe in data protection. Here we provide an overview on taking advantage of a Dedoose project Security Center to control user access privileges.</p>
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Great New Things Dedoose You Need to Know Now!

3/12/2015
<p>Some heavy lifting by our tech team over the past few months has delivered in this great new release. Most important is a full memo system update and retro-active up-coding is online!</p>
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What in the World is a Descriptor?

11/14/2014
<p>We discuss the importance of descriptors and the crucial role they play in qualitative, quantitative and mixed method data analysis. Descriptors are the terms and phrases you will use in Dedoose to map out your research data in an easy to follow design.</p>
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What&#8217;s New, Dedoose? &#8230;.PDFs?!

10/24/2014
<p>Dedoose is happy to introduce the integration of PDF documents into our cloud-based platform! PDFs are a securable, compact and self-contained document that are fast becoming an industry standard, and are commonly seen and used in qualitative and quantitative analysis. Don&#8217;t waste time converting your documents, upload and import your PDFs into a manageable and editable form, and get your data analysis moving!</p>
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Dedoose Fall 2014 Update&#8211;Great New Features to Enjoy

10/8/2014
<p>So what has your favorite data analysis software provider been up to in regards to new updates lately? Well, we&#8217;ve implemented a couple of performance enhancements, most notably in our import and iconography engines, but we think one new feature will specifically make Dedoose stand out a little more in the research app field.. But you&#8217;ll have to keep reading to hear what it is! </p>
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Have you heard of the Quick Code Widget?!?

9/24/2014
<p>Enjoy saving time? We take a moment to highlight a not-so-secret feature that is can easily be overlooked, but is indispensable as a time-saver when processing data or transcribing video and audio &#8211; The Quick Code Widget! Read more to learn how you can save tons of time during your survey analysis, because who doesn&#8217;t appreciate free time?</p>
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New Data and Project Backup Features Enhance the Dedoose Qualitative Data Analysis Software Platform

7/2/2014
<p>Data plays a crucial role in your research methodology &#8211; without your data, you have nothing! We understand the importance of not only keeping your data intact, but also in the amount of time you have invested into analyzing and preparing your project. We&#8217;ve updated our backup technology to ensure that your data is safe for years to come! During the overhaul we also snuck a couple other features into the most recent build &#8211; want to find out more? Read on!</p>
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Code Rating/Weighting—what’s that all about?

4/22/2014
<p>Find out how to use our built-in Code Weighting and Code Rating scales to fine-tune your data analysis and develop a theme or concept that can be numerically represented.</p>
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Code Systems are Serious Business

3/19/2014
<p>The code system you create in Dedoose serves as the conceptual framework used to organize, understand, and communicate the results of your work and your qualitative data. Good science in qualitative data and mixed methods work depends on your solid code system. Learn more here!</p>
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Announcing Dedoose Version 4.12!

2/6/2014
<p>Our most current release of Dedoose (Version 4.12) includes a brand new User Interface and several other user requested features, most notably is our beautiful revamp of the main menu bar. Check out more details in this post!</p>
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Announcing: Project Specific Encryption Capabilities in Dedoose

11/1/2013
<p>Data security has always been paramount at Dedoose. We are proud to introduce our new feature, Project Specific Encryption, which allows you to designate an encryption key only you know to specific projects. Read more about the details of our new security feature here!</p>
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Converting Video and Audio For Your Qualitative Data Analysis

10/15/2013
<p>Having issues uploading audio and/or video to Dedoose? The answer to your problem likely has to do with the file format you are using. Here is a free tool to help you convert all of your audio and video to the correct format, so you can upload your media and get working!</p>
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Free Webinar: Teaching Qualitative Analysis Concepts with Dedoose

9/17/2013
<p>A webinar discussing the practical approach to using Dedoose in the classroom</p>
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Tips on Transcription for Your Qualitative Data Analysis

9/11/2013
<p>Tips and tricks to ease transcribing your qualitative data into Dedoose.</p>
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Descriptor Series Part 4: Adding Descriptors via Excel in 5 Steps

8/17/2013
<p>Importing data via Excel can be a massive time-saver. Here&#8217;s how to get started importing your data.</p>
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Descriptor Series Part 3: Dynamic Descriptors &#8211; Mixed Methods Approach to Tracking Change Over Time

7/11/2013
<p>Dynamic Descriptors can add new levels of data to your data. Here&#8217;s how to maximize their use.</p>
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Data Filtering: 10 Easy Steps to Filter Your Qualitative Data Analysis in Dedoose

5/23/2013
<p>Data filtering can reveal hidden insights when using Dedoose for qualitative analysis.</p>
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Lose the Mouse &#8212; Announcing the New Dedoose Quick Code Widget

5/7/2013
<p>Introducing the Quick Code Widget, allowing users to maximize efficiency when coding their text documents via Keyboard Shortcuts</p>
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Coding Blind to Other Users In Your Qualitative Data Analysis

4/15/2013
<p>Blind Coding can add insight to your data, or be used to train new team members. Here are a few ideas to get you started.</p>
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Code Frequency Descriptor Bubble Plot &#038; Your Qualitative Data Analysis

3/1/2013
<p>Bubble Plots can reveal powerful insights into your data. Here&#8217;s a deep-dive into using Bubble Plots.</p>
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Analyze This! Analyze Workspace Basics and Your Text Analysis

2/22/2013
<p>The Dedoose Analyze Workspace can be overwhelming. Here are some starter tips and tricks to help.</p>
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The Cloud—Or…No, Your Text Analysis Does Not Get Wet When It Rains&#8230;

2/6/2013
<p>The cloud… When we talk about the cloud, or cloud computing, we are not talking about the weather. While your text analysis in Dedoose is stored in the cloud, we promise it won’t get wet if it rains. For those of you who think, ‘of course it won’t,’ I would like to turn your attention [&hellip;]</p>
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Descriptors and Your Qualitative Data Analysis—Part 2: How to Manually Create Descriptors

1/30/2013
<p>Part 2 of our &#8220;Descriptors and Your Qualitative Data Analysis&#8221; Post Series</p>
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Descriptors and Your Qualitative Data Analysis – Part 1: The Lingo

1/17/2013
<p>Descriptors are powerful. They allow you to break out your qualitative work across demographic and other survey data for greater insights.</p>
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Break up with Data Dumping! &#8211; Reducing Data Dumps in Dedoose

12/17/2012
<p>Data Dumping can be necessary, but should be done carefully as well. Here is a practical approach to Data Dumping.</p>
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Who Cares? &#8211; Sentiment Weighting and Qualitative Text Analysis

12/10/2012
<p>Adding a weighting scale to your Codes can provide additional insight to your projects.</p>
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Audio and PDF Support!

12/1/2012
<p>Its been just one month after announcing video support and I couldn’t be more excited to share some outstanding new Dedoose developments.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 4.3

4/30/2012
<p>Desktop App! Desktop App! YES! We are touting our recently available Dedoose Desktop App.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 4.2

3/29/2012
<p>On March 28th we released an updated version of Dedoose that included some huge new features and many enhancements to easy workflow—thanks to everyone who submitted requests and keep them coming as there is never a good idea that gets ignored at Dedoose central.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 4.1

3/1/2012
<p>As promised, audio support in Dedoose would be coming close on the heels of video and we have delivered!</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 3.3

10/5/2011
<p>We are thrilled about the recent release of Dedoose for the tablet.</p>
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Dedoose Document Exports: A Look Ahead

8/11/2011
<p>After some serious head scratching, we&#8217;ve come up with and implemented what we feel is an elegant solution to exporting documents showing all excerpting activity and coding.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 3.2

6/21/2011
<p>Our upgraded charting engine is powered by a fantastic algorithm that looks at the data used, breaks it up into categories based on the distribution of cases across the range of the variable, and then generates charts based on these groupings.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 3.0

4/25/2011
<p>Hey all, we’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately, but it’s been quite the opposite here at Dedoose Central.  </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 2.5

3/23/2011
<p>We&#8217;ve made some major structural changes to Dedoose on the backend that has once again boosted performance dramatically.  </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 2.0

2/17/2011
<p>Hey all, HUGE update to Dedoose yesterday!  So substantial, you’ll note we’re moving on to Dedoose 2.0.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.3.34

1/28/2011
<p>We just updated Dedoose, and though it is a small update, it contains some significant developments.  </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.2.24

12/10/2010
<p>Hi All, It&#8217;s been a been few weeks and we&#8217;ve done quite a bit of updating lately. </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.22

12/1/2010
<p>For all those people working with teams in Dedoose, life just got a lot better!  We are proud to announce the project chat system.  </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.2.18

11/16/2010
<p>We just released the first public version of Dedoose 1.2 (1.2.18 technically) which has been in development for quite some time.  </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.2

10/5/2010
<p>After weeks of some very difficult work our engineering team has finished our first major upgrade to Dedoose!   </p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software: The Movie

9/16/2010
<p>We&#8217;ve uploaded what we feel is a terrific video where I give a brief orientation to qualitative research methods and then their place in mixed methods research (and how Dedoose facilitates the work).</p>
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The Evolution Of Qualitative Research: The Movie

9/14/2010
<p>Dr. Eli Lieber of UCLA&#8217;s Center for Culture and Health gives an introduction to the history of qualitative research methods and the evolution to mixed methods or integrated research.</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.1

9/3/2010
<p>Obtaining the EV certificate was quite an extensive process that included a lot of back and forth with our certificate processor, along with our legal team, but after weeks of set backs we are finally good to go!</p>
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Dedoose Mixed Methods And Qualitative Research Software Version 1.0

9/2/2010
<p>Technologies have been rapidly advancing since EthnoNotes was built and we&#8217;ve been dreaming about how to take advantage of this growth.  The dreaming is over, the hard work is behind us, and Dedoose has arrived</p>
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