Introduction
The behaviour of the theme extraction process in codeit can be influence by adjusting the settings available in the Start Menu.
Available Settings
The following settings can be applied before running the Extract Themes process:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Create Nets | If "Yes" is selected, the theme extraction process will attempt to group extracted themes into nets. |
| Autocoding Mode | Once codeit has extracted themes from your data and built a codeframe, it will autocode your data against that codeframe. The autocoding mode allows you to control whether autocoding should be applied to verbatims where coding would only be partially complete. |
| Question Text | Allows you to include the question text used to gather your verbatims. Including the question text provides further context that can be used during the extraction process. This is likely to result in more accurate and relevant themes. |
Advanced
Within the "Advanced" tab you can adjust the following options:
| Options | Description |
|---|---|
| Create Codeframe Only | If toggled, themeit will only generate the codeframe and will not attempt to autocode the data. By default, this setting is off. A codeframe is automatically generated and the data autocoded by themeit. |
| Theme Language | Specify the language for the autogenerated themes. By default, the language of the project is selected. For multilingual data, the data can still be autocoded in-language even if the auto-generated codeframe is in a different language. Learn more about multilingual AI here. |
| Question Text | Enter the survey question used to collect the verbatims being analysed. Adding the survey question provides themeit with additional contextual information that it can use to generate a more appropriate and accurate codeframe. |
| Required Nets | Enter a list of nets (theme categories) that you're interested in or expecting to find within your data. This provides the system with key information about your analysis objectives which it wouldn't otherwise have. As a result it can help generate a more appropriate and accurate codeframe. The resulting codeframe will include all of the specified required nets, even if there are no themes discovered that fall into these nets. |
| Required Themes | Enter a list of themes that you're interested in or expecting to find within your data. This provides the system with key information about your analysis objectives which it wouldn't otherwise have. As a result it can help generate a more appropriate and accurate codeframe. The resulting codeframe will include all of the specified required themes, even if there are no verbatims found to contain these themes. |