Visuals - Introduction

MAXQDA is really strong in its visual tools. We won’t be able to look at all of them today, but I’ll show you a few to get started. A lot of the visuals will use your code colours, so generally make sure that you assign colours that make sense to you.

  1. For this part of the workshop, we’re going to look at one of the example projects so that we have more data to visualize.
  2. Go to the Home menu and select Open Project. Hover over Example Projects and select ENG/Work Life Balance.mqda. This is a complex project that includes interviews, focus groups, images, survey data, and more. I encourage you to explore this project on your own time later to learn more about MAXQDA.

    Home menu, then Open Project, then Example Projects and then ENG/Work Life Balance.maxqda options all highlighted.

Technique: Qualitative Data Analysis | Tools: MAXQDA


First created: August 08, 2025
Last updated: May 07, 2026

Tutorial maintained by Kelly Schultz.

Tutorial created by Kelly Schultz.

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