Semi-Automated Word Tagging

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Semi-Automated Word Tagging

If no INTERACT Professional license is available, and nobody can configure a study specific workflow using the Create Codes from Transcripts module, it is still possible to use the Replace command to tag specific words or phrases in order to run the Create Codes from Transcript command.

All you need to do, is tag those words with a # and than you can make use of the command Convert tagged #words into Codes.

Tag Words

To turn your word or 'expression' into '#expression', you use the Replace command:

Select Edit – Find & Replace - Replace Btn_Replace.

Select the option ¤ Transcripts.

Enter the text you want to replace into the Text field.

Enter the new description into the Replace with field., like this:

ReplaceTranscripts_LabelWords

Click Replace to perform the action.

Now all occurrences of the word 'expression' are turned into '#expression'

Note: Pay attention to spaces around a word!

Create Codes from #words

Once your expression is tagged with the #:

Select Text - Advanced - Analysis Btn_TextAnalysis > Convert tagged #words into Codes

Now all #-words are entered within a new Class column named 'NewCode'.

Remove #

To remove all # signs from the transcripts again, use the Edit – Find & Replace - Replace Btn_Replacecommand again:

Replace # with nothing, or replace '#expression' with 'expression'.

Rename 'NewCode' Class

Once your expression has been successfully converted into a Code, rename the automatically create Class 'NewCode' to a more appropriate name:

Right-click the header of the automatically created 'NewCode' Class.

Select Rename Class from the context menu and enter a descriptive name.

IMPORTANT: The Convert tagged #words into Codes routine can only turn one '#expression' per Event per pass into a Code!
 
Running the routine a second time for an other expression will remove previous entries within the Class 'NewCode', if their # label has been removed.
That is why it is important to rename the automatically created Class after each run.

TIP:If you have to turn multiple expressions into Codes, perform all of the above actions per expression separately (including the renaming of the Class and removal of the # labels).
This results in multiple Classes, each with only one Code.
To merge the content of the resulting Classes afterward, you can make use of the command Transform - Codes - Move and Combine btn_movecodes, as is described in Move & Combine Codes.