Content analysis: compare text passages and groups in f4analysis

For many methodological approaches, “constant comparison” is an important part of the analysis. By comparing different statements, you can identify special features and characteristics and thus work out distinguishing criteria and similarities. And at best, you can still record the findings clearly.

Here we show you how to do this in f4analyse:

1. select text passages

In the “Selection” tab, the “Selection A” tab opens first. Here you select all the texts from which the quotes are to be taken. For example, all texts by people from Hesse. Then select the codes that interest you, for example the code “Speed limit setting”.

All matching quotes are now displayed. In the yellow comment field below, you can already summarize or comment on these statements.

In “Selection B”, do the same with the comparison texts. For example, the texts of people from Bavaria on the same code. All relevant text passages are now also displayed automatically.

2. juxtapose text passages

The “Comparison A/B” tab lists the statements of selection A on the left and those of selection B on the right. Now you can read them and compare them on a linguistic, content-related or argumentative level.

To record the results, simply use the comment field below. Depending on your perspective, you can choose whether you want to use the comment field of one of the selected texts or one of the selected codes.

Of course, this can also be done in the same way with the statements of individuals. Then select the same text in selection A and B. Or you can compare several topics with each other and only enter one code each in selection A and selection B

A little more detail: In our video tutorial