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title: 'Qualitative Coding'
disqus: hackmd
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Qulitative Coding
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### Important Points to Remember
* Sophie will be main point of contact if you are having problems
* Attending all Zoom meetings are compulsory
* 2 excused absences (tell both Sophie and Manika)
* Please agree to work on this project only if you can commit time
* We expect you to spend atleast **4 to 6 hr** per week in performing the coding task. Type in time spent by you on your assigned task daily/weekly in the **[Time Log Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I0x1J3hpfjRfIVT2_0f3mwernA_9GVEAN8X0VxOg61c/edit?usp=sharing)** for your NAME subsheet
* Be **active** on Slack and respond to all communications on Slack or via mails. Unresponsiveness is not taken lightly.
* 2 warnings for unresponsive team members before you will be removed
* **Soft deadline** for sentence coding completion is **August 31st**.
* **Hard deadline** for sentence coding completion is **September 15th**
* **Hard deadline** to finish consensus app work is **October 15th**, and then we will have a final meeting on winding up this project and next steps

> You need to complete tagging of all the sentences assigned to you and attend all Zoom meetings to be eligible to be co-author on the dataset paper
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### Important Links

* **Time Log Sheet** --- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I0x1J3hpfjRfIVT2_0f3mwernA_9GVEAN8X0VxOg61c/edit?usp=sharing
* **App Link** -- https://thanking-world.streamlit.app/
(*Individual Id & Password sent to you on Slack*)
* **Slack**-- https://join.slack.com/t/thankingworld/shared_invite/zt-2k67ckg8i-VDKSYVuCyYw0_0W7M5gFvw
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## Project Team
- [Dr. Manika Lamba](https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/manika-lamba), [e-mail], [e-mail]
- [Hendrik Erz](https://www.hendrik-erz.de/), [e-mail]
- Sophie Nikolov, [e-mail]
- You Peng, [e-mail]

## Qualitative Coding Team

> *Each sentence/ETD is coded by 2 coders to get the intercoder reliability performance (Cohn Kappa)*

**Team A**
- Sophie Nikolov ([e-mail])
- Ziyang Xu ([e-mail])

**Team B**
- Nikhil Arora ([e-mail])
- Jigyashu Saravta ([e-mail])

**Team C**
- Manali Teke ([e-mail])
- Satyam Shah ([e-mail])

**Team D**
- Amreentaj ([e-mail])
- Haley Shepherd ([e-mail])

**Team E**

- Nicholas Yeung ([e-mail])
- ??

**Team F**
- Tina Ding ([e-mail])
- Shariq Wajid ([e-mail])

## Task

- Complete assigned number of ETDs to tag
- We will meet bi-weekly on Zoom to discuss the sentences that were tagged differently and come to an consensus
- 6 breakout rooms for the 6 teams
- Manika will be there if any team having difficulty coming to an consensus

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# Meetings

## Meeting 7 (11 Seotember, 4 PM CST)

## Meeting 6 (14 August, 1 PM CST)

Present: Manali, Satyam, Haley, Nikhil, Amreentaj
Regrets: Shariq (E), Nicholas (E), Tina (U), Jigyashu (U)

- Teams Check-in
- Team B: Nikhil around 1510, aiming for 2000 soon
- Team C: both support and sentiment completed, Manali around ~4000 completed sentences
- Team D: support done, still individual work to be done
- Team E
- Team F
- Biggest challenges?
- Manali: schedule not fixed yet, classes next week
- Satyam: traveling
- Any new Glitches in the app/improvements suggested
- Survey for new academic year in Slack
- Team Breakout (1 hr 45 min) and then we meet back in the main room before we end the meeting
- if you are unable to finish all the sentences in the `consensus app` in 1.75 hr, please have seperate meeting(s) with your team member to finish the task before the next bi-weekly meeting
- **NOTE:** remember to keep on tagging the sentences in the `coding app` too!

## Meeting 5 (31 July, 1 PM CST)

Present: Sophie, Nikhil, Haley, Shariq, Manali, 
Regrets: Satyam, Nicholas, Jigyashu, Tina, Amreentaj, Atharv 

- Teams Check-in
- Team B
- Team C
- Team D
- Team E
- Team F
- Potential coworking zoom sessions: TBD time/day
- Any new Glitches in the app/improvements suggested
- Haley: when there are a lot of sentences in one chunk, it can glitch out (buffers and then the big red warning message comes up. goes away after a few seconds but you have to re-log in).
- Suggestion: back button doesn't save --> keep previous answers to review
- Team Breakout (1 hr 45 min) and then we meet back in the main room before we end the meeting
- if you are unable to finish all the sentences in the `consensus app` in 1.75 hr, please have seperate meeting(s) with your team member to finish the task before the next bi-weekly meeting
- **NOTE:** remember to keep on tagging the sentences in the `coding app` too!

## Meeting 4 (17 July, 1 PM CST)

Present: Satyam, Sophie, Nikhil, Haley, Peng, Nicholas, Tina, Shariq, Amreentaj, Atharv
Regrets: Manali, Jigyashu

- Welcome new members
- Team D (Amreentaj)
- Team E (Atharv)
- Any new Glitches in the app/improvements suggested
- Satyam noticed that multiple labels if coded by both coders were picked up and were in the consensus
- For sentiments too, he noticed if both coders chose NaN, it still shows up in consensus app
- New updates in the app **(by Peng)**
- Team Breakout (1.5 hr) and then we meet back in the main room before we end the meeting
- if you are unable to finish all the sentences in the `consensus app` in 1.5 hr, please have seperate meeting(s) with your team member to finish the task before the next bi-weekly meeting
- **NOTE:** remember to keep on tagging the sentences in the `coding app` too!

## Meeting 3 (3 July, 1 PM CST)

Present: Satyam, Sophie, Nikhil, Haley, Peng, Nicholas, Jigyashu, Manali, Tina,
Regrets: Shariq, Pengfei

- Updates regarding the `NEW/Modified` tags
- **Manika** updated the following tags:
- `Religious Support` will also include anything related to spirituality, faith
- `Student Organizations/Clubs/Research Groups/Their Department` will include lab teams/departments too
- `Academic Support` will include statements related to getting lab experience too
- `Access to Data` will include taking notes/conducting interviews too.

- New `Notes Section` is added - Please write in keywords if you come across **different researcher's distinct experiences** such as
- ***international students*** -- mention different country; support from parents for studying abroad
- ***pandemic*** ?
- **rememberance/dedication**`Finally, I would like to recognize the late Dr. Jeronymo Pereira who took his life this spring`
- Any new Glitches in the app/improvements suggested
- Peng is added `back` button and will work on including the `dashboard` feature to the main app to track everyone progress. ([Prototype is ready!](https://thankingworldappreal-t2q23zbepfmh639r386yf3.streamlit.app/))
- We are also planning to add `Not Sure` tag in the consensus app
- New updates in the app **(by Peng)**
- Any Doubts regarding the [consensus app](https://consensusapp.streamlit.app/)
- Suggestion by Team B
- have buttons for sentiments instead of drop-down
- Any other Business of Discussion
- Team Breakout (1.5 hr) and then we meet back in the main room before we end the meeting
- if you are unable to finish all the sentences in the `consensus app` in 1.5 hr, please have seperate meeting(s) with your team member to finish the task before the next bi-weekly meeting
- **NOTE:** remember to keep on tagging the sentences in the `coding app` too!

## Meeting 2 (19 June, 1 PM CST)

Present: Satyam, Pengfei, Sophie, Shariq, Nikhil, Haley, Peng, Nicholas, Jigyashu
Regrets: Kumuda, Tina
Excused: Manali

- Welcome new members
- Team C (Satyam)
- Team D (Haley)
- Team E (Kumuda)
- Team F (Tina)
- Updates regarding the `NEW/Modified` tags (Sophie and the teams)
- [ ] Sophie added `government` tag to the Google Doc. We discussed to use both `government` and `financial` tags together if we come across sentences mentioning financial help and government support
- [ ] Nikhil & Jigyashu updated the definition of `No Subject Found`, `Incomplete Sentence`, `Descriptive Sentence`, `Government`, `Theses Advisor/Committee Members` while working on the consensus app (marked with purple font)
- Any new Glitches in the app/improvements suggested (everyone)
- [ ] Nikhil suggested to have the 'save' button on the main page on the right end
- [ ] add avg per hr and all into app? (Nikhil)
- [ ] Pengfei suggested to have 'back' button in the app
- [ ] Nicholas suggested to have 'history'?
- New updates in the app (by Peng)
- Share the progress of each team (by Peng)
- Short demo of the [`consensus` app ](https://consensusapp.streamlit.app/)(by Peng)
- Team Breakout
- Team B will work in the `consensus` app
- Other teams will carry-on coding with their partners. Please help your new team-member to get the hang of coding in the app!
- Manika will be in the main zoom room -- reach out to her if any of the teams have any doubts/problems

## Meeting 1 (27 May, 2:30 PM CST)

Present: Sophie, Manika, Nikhil, Jigyashu, Aarushi, Tanvi, Shariq, Manali, Deeksha, Samridhi

- Introduction -- Presentation
- Intro to Platforms
- Meeting Notes (HackMd)
- Google Doc -- Custom Tag
- Streamlit App
- Expectations