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Display open-ends in a grid that shows both raw and coded values

Updated at 2020-11-03 13:13:05 UTC
Crosstab showing Q7 'What are your initial thoughts about the device you have just reviewed?' with raw text responses organized into columns: #COST EFFECTIVE (N=5), #DOSE INDICATOR (N=9), #EASY TO USE (N=42), #ECO-FRIENDLY (N=14), #GOOD (N=19), #NOT EASY (N=15), #OTHER (N=3), and #SIMILAR (N=8).

Protobi has features that help you analyze and display text verbatims, including one of our more recent additions, the "Verbatim" chartType. When you crosstab this chart it allows you to see the coded text verbatims and the raw open-ends that belong under each code. 

Set chartType as "Verbatim"

This chartType is not yet available through the chartType dialog. To change an element's chartType to "Verbatim", go to the context menu and choose "Edit JSON...".  From the JSON editor, set the attribute "chartType": "Verbatim".

Edit element properties dialog for Q7 showing JSON configuration with key 'Q7', confirmitType 'Open', title 'What are your initial thoughts about the device you have just reviewed?', color 'firebrick', and chartType 'Verbatim'.

The Verbatim chartType allows you to see full responses, without specifying the "wrap" option. By default, the chart also uses a larger font size than the standard Protobi chart.

Simple list view of Q7 responses showing uncoded verbatim text responses including 'Good for all ages, especially the elderly', 'Good. I like the Product B device but it's not great for patients with poor dexterity', 'Good. Positive', and other raw text comments.

Crosstab with the Verbatim chart

The Verbatim chart is particularly useful when you want to analyze open-end questions with crosstabs. 

Practical application

The Verbatim chartTye is particularly useful for visualizing coded text verbatim and the raw open-ends that belong under each code. Say you have a raw version of an open-end question (e.g. Q7), and a coded version (e.g. Q7 Text Coding). You might want to see each raw open-end displayed under its corresponding code(s). You can drag the coded element over to the Verbatim chart as a crosstab banner to do just that.

Split view showing Q7 responses on the left with raw text and a 'Q7 Text Coding' panel on the right displaying a horizontal bar chart with coded categories: #EASY TO USE (42%), #GOOD (19%), #NOT EASY (15%), #ECO-FRIENDLY (14%), and other codes with smaller percentages.

The result is a grid-like structure where the coded values from the crosstab banner are columns, and raw open-end responses are organized below each code. If you have a raw open-end that was assigned multiple codes, you will see it under multiple columns. 

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Resize the Verbatim chart

Select the element (header will turn blue), and drag the blue box in the bottom right corner to resize the chart. You can drag to the right to expand width, and down to expand the height of the chart. The chart is vertically scrollable, so you don't have to expand height but will likely need to expand width to see all codes.

Original:

Partial view of the coded crosstab showing Q7 responses with only the first three columns visible: #COST EFFECTIVE (N=5), #DOSE INDICATOR (N=9), and partial view of #EASY column, displaying responses like 'good, it may save cost' and 'Sounds good that it is refillable for 6/12'.

Resized chart:

Full-width crosstab view showing Q7 'What are your initial thoughts about the device you have just reviewed?' with all eight coded columns: #COST EFFECTIVE (N=5), #DOSE INDICATOR (N=9), #EASY TO USE (N=42), #ECO-FRIENDLY (N=14), #GOOD (N=19), #NOT EASY (N=15), #OTHER (N=3), and #SIMILAR (N=8) with complete verbatim responses visible in each column.