Lemmatize words – When this option is activated, words are returned to their respective basic forms, so that words with the same meaning are combined regardless of declination or case. If several words occur with the same frequency, words starting with letters earlier in the alphabet are selected first. You can use the slider to incrementally remove rarer words. Words – Specifies how many words are visualized. Words can easily be transferred from the word frequency list to the stop list.Įdit Stop List – Opens the list of all excluded words and lets you import existing stop lists. Word frequencies – Opens a list of all words contained in the analyzed texts (without the stop words) and shows their frequencies.
You can use the numerous options in the Start and Display tabs to customize the appearance of the word cloud, including the number of words displayed, their font, their shape, and color. To do this, click and drag one or more words onto another word with your mouse. It is also possible to combine several words to one. This list shows, amongst other things, how often each individual word occurs. Via Start > Word frequencies you can open a list of all the words contained in the analyzed texts. Tip: "MAXQDA Plus" and "MAXQDA Analytics Pro" users can also edit the stop list via MAXDictio > Stop List and easily exchange entries between different lists. An icon with the same name is also available in the toolbar. You can also select several words in the list (using Ctrl + or cmd + the left mouse button or Shift + the left mouse button for an area in the list) and then right-click and select Add to Stop List to transfer them to the stop list. The table that appears will list all the words in the text in their order of frequency.ĭouble-clicking on the green icon in front of a specific word will put it in the stop list, which means it won't be considered for word clouds.
The easiest way to do this is to open the Word frequencies function in the Start tab.
So that your word cloud does not consist mainly of insignificant words or words bearing very little meaning, you can create a stop list of these words. Stop list: Excluding words in the word cloud
Only the words listed in the “Retrieved Segments” window will be analyzed. To do so, click on the -icon in the toolbar of the “Retrieved Segments” window. Tip: You can create a word cloud of the words most often used in the displayed retrieved segments.
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