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Create A Code From A Response Verbatim

In the Coder Screen, sometimes you want to create a code from the complete verbatim response when for example, the response is a key category or a brand name that you would want to code.

To create a code from a response verbatim, follow these steps:

Response Context Menu

  1. Right-click on the Response and click Create Code From Entire Verbatim. This will create the Code and code the response with it.

  2. The Code Editor will open with some fields pre-populated with the response verbatim to allow further editing. The Name and the Expression are filled in with the verbatim text. The Expression is what is used to find matches in other responses.

  3. Fill in the rest of the fields as needed and click Save Code, or if you don't need to edit the default values click Close.

Code Editor

Apply Code To All Matching Responses

Once the Code is created, the Expression can be used to match other responses. Those responses can be selected as a group and the code applied to all of them at once.

  1. Right-click on the new Code and click Find verbatims containing this code Expression. This will filter the Responses panel to the expression matches.

  2. Select the Code by clicking the checkbox next to it.

  3. Review the responses if needed and if you want to apply the code to all of them, click Toggle Select all Responses icon in the top-left corner of the Responses panel.

  4. Click one of the Apply Selected Codes icon on the left side of each Response to apply the code to all of the selected responses.

Reviewing Responses With A Code Applied

At any time if you want to review which responses had a Code applied, right-click on the Code and click Show responses with code applied. You can review the responses to ensure the code was applied correctly and remove the code from any responses that should not have it.

Matching Variations In Verbatims

Sometimes there are different variations of text that correspond to your codes. To match these variations, the Code Expression can be edited to add as many synonyms or related phrases you want to match in the verbatims. Once you edit the expression, you can use the option Find verbatims containing this code Expression to filter the responses and apply the code to all of them at once as described above.

For more details see the How To guide Matching Variations In Verbatims.