deepsight cloud · Topic refinement Adapt topics to your research question.
Rename categories, merge similar ones, split topics that are too broad or remove topics you don’t need. Changes are saved as versions.
Before, after, confirmed
You accept every change deliberately. Try it out.
Rename
A name that fits your research question.
- Topic 7: delivery problems64 responses
Merge
Two similar topics become one.
- Hotline48 responses
- Getting through by phone31 responses
Split
A topic that is too broad becomes more precise.
- Price120 responses
Illustrative topics and response counts. When you split a topic, you check how responses are assigned in the preview.
Questions about topic refinement
No. You edit the existing results; the analysis does not need to be set up again.
Yes. Changes are saved as versions, and earlier states can be restored.
When you merge topics, the responses of both are combined. When you split a topic, the affected responses are assigned to the new topics; you check the assignment in the preview.
If you wish, deepsight checks responses without an assignment against your topics once more; the responses checked count toward your text allowance. Select at least five remaining responses and deepsight suggests a new topic for them. Nothing is applied until you have reviewed it.
Yes. You can save your refined topics as a codebook and apply it to the next wave or study in topic analysis.
Adapting categories to the research question and saving every change as a version: this is how you work in social research, for example.
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We will walk you through the analysis using an example from your field.