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CAT and CATPAC. Nobu Makishi Wendy Good. CAT. CAT. Coding Analysis Toolkit (CAT). Developed in the summer of 2007 by University Center for Social and Urban Research at University of Pittsburgh. Updated 3/26/08.
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CAT and CATPAC Nobu Makishi Wendy Good
CAT • Coding Analysis Toolkit (CAT). • Developed in the summer of 2007 by University Center for Social and Urban Research at University of Pittsburgh. • Updated 3/26/08. • “CAT was designed to use keystrokes and automation to clarify and speed-up the coding, validation, or consensus adjudication process.” • Free access to the CAT program. • Opened under a General Public License in 2009.
Create User Account • Go to the website: http://cat.ucs.pitt.edu/
Provide Required Background Information New User Registration Create User name and password
3 Ways to Upload and Code a Dataset from a File with Text Formatted • 1. Upload a xml file • 2. Upload a text file (.txt) • 3. Upload a zip file Zip File Text file Song space Song space Song Song.txt Song.txt Song.txt Song.txt
American Pop Songs Weekly Ranking • Party in the U.S.A by Miley Cyrus • Down by Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne • Paparazzi by Lady Gaga • Whatcha Say by Jason derulo • Sweet Dreams by Beyonce • Use somebody by Kings of leon • You belong with me by Taylor swift • Run this Town by Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West • Love Drunk by Boys like Girls • Already Gone by Kelly Clarkson Source from Billboard.com on 11/2/09
-> Click Browse and Select the .text file You Created Earlier
Click Browse and Select the .txt Code File You Created Earlier
Disable Verification • When you leave it unchecked, at the end it will bring up all the choices you made, so you can verify that you did everything correctly
Allow User-Defined Codes • If you check this box, you can re-define codes after they have been uploaded into the database.
Allow Multiple Codes • Default is one code per codeable unit (song)