Atlasti7 Newfeatures Revised

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What‘s New in ATLAS.ti 7

User Interface

Sure, it does look a lot prettier... but looks aren‘t everything. In fact, they are only the (literally) surface of ATLAS.ti‘s numerous new “inner values.“ Innovation comes from within!

The ATLAS.ti user interface has undergone numerous extremely usability-enhancing changes. These changes will increase your productivity but still let you get to work without interrupting your work flow.


New interactive side panels let you maximize the avail-able workspace while giving you immediate access to preselected lists of objects at all times. Have all your tools where you need them - but only when you need them.

On-screen real estate is always at a premium when con-ducting professional research. Intelligent and flexible use of screen space through collapsible panels is the answer

Panels can be minimized and resized, and be used for any purpose, such as coding, creating hyperlinks, and access management to your primary documents. They can be displayed “on the fly“ or docked for permanent use.

Simplified entry of code labels: An additional field opens automatically to enter multiple codes if desired.

Multimedia

ATLAS.ti 7 now gives you detailed access and a frame-level preview of video files. High-precision navigation is a must for in-depth media analysis.

Create PDs frame-level work for in-depth scene coding and multi-dimensional analysis. All codes display in the margin area – just as nature intended!

For each multimedia file you get full frame-by-frame preview and a zoomable display of the audio wave form. Navigation is highly precise.


Videos can be displayed in the main program window, or flown out in a separate window for optimal viewing and use of the work area.

Audio and video now share ATLAS.ti‘s central metaphor for presenting and working with content: the margin area. Text, PDF, images, audio, video – all utilize the same powerful workspace, arguably the most natural “work environment“ for the qualitative researcher.

Coding audio and video works just like you‘re used to from text documents: In the margin area. Couldn‘t be more intuitive and faster!

When entering a code name, a list of already existing code names that start with the same letter or letter se-quence is displayed for swift and accurate coding.

Multi Document View

You can load up to four documents into the new HU edi-tor document regions for simultaneous viewing, coding, linking. That‘s what qualitative data analysis should be like!

One document is not enough – work with up to four simultaneously – including the usual margin area for each. Time to get that large screen; now you can REALLY put it to use!


Comparing different document versions, different mani-festations of the same phenomenon, or multiple sources of a common theme is a breeze.

You can open and work on up to four different docu-ments of any type at once in this way. This opens up fantastic new possibilities for of all kinds of comparative work.

Automatically load corresponding documents (such as transcripts) in parallel next to one another and display them in sync. For example, play a segment from a video by marking it in the transcript, and vice versa.

Display the regular margin area along with the loaded documents and code in either document. You can also create direct hyperlinks between the multiple documents, right on the same screen.

Network Views Reloaded

ATLAS.ti‘s semantic network views have been drastically improved, both visually and functionally, into a powerful anaytical tool, fully integrated into the analytical process.

Clear and intelligent visualization of complex scenarios is a must. Projects benefit from the new and powerful network view engine.

Network views are ever more a powerful, closely inte-grated work tool. It doesn‘t hurt that they‘re now pretty, too. Capabilities have been vastly improved so you can perform many important tasks conveniently directly from the visual network view.


Get the full picture at just once glance - all codes associ-ated with a document.

If you import the associated quotations as well, you can expand the network to a full case-based view. And, of course, all networks can be printed in high quality or saved as a PDF file.

Clouds

The use of clouds is another new feature in ATLAS.ti 7. A staple of many Web applications and already available as an output format since v. 5, ATLAS.ti 7 now integrates cloud views seamlessly into the program core.

The Word Cruncher can display word frequencies as a Word Cloud to make for quick, intuitive work flow. Faders let you control the display of word frequency and select a cut-off for words you want filtered out.

Word crunching made easy. Gain a full overview of word frequencies at a single glance.


Managed Documents

ATLAS.ti 7 provides fast, flexible and secure document management through Managed Documents. This power-ful new concept ensures referential and content integrity to make users‘ life easier.

You now have a choice if you want to keep your project files stored in their original location (as before) or if you want ALAS.ti to handle all document management tasks for you, safely and securely. The managed document con-cept also includes a “team library“ that contains shared material for collaborative work.

You can retain the project document structure you‘re used to, or convert your legacy HUs to managed docs.

Metadata Exploitation

If your document contains internal metadata, ATLAS.ti extracts them automatically and uses them appropriately by creating families or comments for your objects. Import audio files, videos, PDF or Word documents. Available meta data (such as ID3 tags or other document property information) is immediately put to productive use.

XML Converter/Report Generator

The XML Converter has undergone a major revision to in-crease usability and to allow for long-term expandability.

ATLAS.ti comes with many powerful report formats pre-programmed. They not only enhance results output but also provide powerful instant feedback during the analyti-cal stages of your work.


Improved Image Selection

When working with image PDs—including images extracted from videos in the new multimedia frame-work—users will enjoy increased flexibility, usability, and functionality.

Existing selections can now be freely moved and resized. Selection frames correspond in color to the color of their quotation bar in the margin area and display existing comments.

In connection with the new multimedia framework this facilitates powerful in-depth analysis of video clips at the frame level.

PDF documents and images can now printed complete with their margin area. Image segments are now included even in RTF exports.

Powerful New Analysis Tools

Improved Coocurence Explorer, easier selection of column and row codes

Added preference settings on cooccurrence tables. Column and row width can be set, code colors can be selected for cells.


Codes-Primary-Documents table – do not only choose codes and PDs for cross-tabulation, now you can create tables also on an aggregated level based on code and PD families. In addition, you can select whether the codes should be displayed in the codes or the rows. Less much additional formatting and calculation in Excel is necessary.

Filter settings now also available in network views. All objects excluded by the filter are faded out.

Upgrading to ATLAS.ti 7

Users of ATLAS.ti 6.x can upgrade to ATLAS.ti 7 at a substantially reduced rate (nearly 50% discount). This offer is li-mited and may end at any time.

To upgrade, simply go to http://order.atlasti.com, select your existing license type and “upgrade.“ Enter your existing license key when asked.

With your purchase of the upgrade you will receive a setup file and a new license key. Use this license key to activate the upgrade after installation.

Please note that for technical reasons version 5 can upgrade online only if the license was properly registered at the time of purchase. Versions older than 4.2 cannot be upgraded online. For these cases, please contact our support. Student licenses cannot be upgraded from ANY

version, but if you have full-time student status,you can apply for a new student license at the highly discounted student rate.

Our support team will also be happy to assist you in obtaining the proper upgrade in case of problems or ques-tions. Write to [email protected] and include your license key and any additional information you have (license type and size) for fast and efficient service.

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Tips and Tricks – New Analysis Options in ATLAS.ti 7 In this new category, we will be introducing different features and tools of the new ATLAS.ti 7 through practrical ex-amples. Look for more hands-on introductions of this kind in upcoming issues of INSIDE ATLAS.ti.

The following example demonstrates how the new filter options greatly advance the analytic power of ATLAS.ti network views. The example is based on the A7 sample project “Children & Happiness stage II“, albeit somewhat modified, as the stage II project already includes network views and links. If you want to follow along, download the modified sample project here.

A description of the sample project can be found in the first memo. I will show you how to find an answer to one of the questions posted in the memo: RQ1: Children and Happiness viewed by parents and non-parents. Based on the data set, is happiness defined differently by those who have children as compared to those who do not have children?

Open the Code Manager by clicking on the Code button. You find a code family that has been especially created for this resarch question:

It includes all codes of the definition of happiness cat-egory + the two attribute codes #fam: have children and #fam: don‘t have children.

Activate the filter by clicking on the code family in the side panel holding down the ctrl+shift key.

Right-click on the first attribute code “#fam: don‘t have children” and select the option Open Network View.

As the the entire length of each blog post is coded with the appropriate attribute code, we can now import the cooccuring codes that mark those segments within each blog post where respondents have provided their own definition of happiness.

Right-click on the code node in the network view and select the option Import Cooccuring.

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Two codes are imported. Link them to the attribute code using the relation “is reported by”.

Close this network view. There is no need for saving it.

Repeat the importing and linking process for the second attribute code “#fam: have children”.

The memo was previously already linked to the “#fam: have children” code and therefore is be displayed when you open a network view on the code.

Now drag & drop the “fam: don‘t have children” code from the Code Manager code into this network view. The already existing linkages with the appropriate definition codes become visible instantly.

Arrange the nodes in a suitable way so it best reflects the answer to the research question. To save the network view, select Network / Save as Graphic File.

If you want to review the answers, right-click on a code note and select the option List Quotations:

To compare individual responses of non-parents and par-ents, there are actually different ways to achieve this. You can for instance use the Code Cooccurence Table applying the same filter setting. How this works will be explained in the next newsletter.

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