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Core coding functions

Functions for LLM-powered coding of qualitative data

qlm_code()
Code qualitative data with an LLM
qlm_replicate()
Replicate a coding task
qlm_codebook()
Define a qualitative codebook

Human-coded data

Convert and work with human-coded or externally coded data

as_qlm_coded()
Convert coded data to qlm_coded format
qlm_humancoded()
Convert human-coded data to qlm_coded format (deprecated)

Accessor functions

Extract and modify metadata and components from quallmer objects

accessors
Accessor functions for quallmer objects
qlm_meta() `qlm_meta<-`()
Get or set quallmer object metadata
codebook()
Extract codebook from quallmer objects
inputs()
Extract input data from qlm_coded objects

Validation and comparison

Assess reliability and validate against gold standards

qlm_validate()
Validate coded results against a gold standard
qlm_compare()
Compare coded results for inter-rater reliability
qlm_trail()
Create an audit trail from quallmer objects

Predefined codebooks

Ready-to-use codebooks for common coding tasks

data_codebook_sentiment
Sentiment analysis codebook for movie reviews
data_codebook_immigration
Immigration policy codebook based on Benoit et al. (2016)

Example data

Sample datasets for testing and examples

data_corpus_LMRDsample
Sample from Large Movie Review Dataset (Maas et al. 2011)
data_corpus_manifsentsUK2010sample
Sample of UK manifesto sentences 2010 crowd-annotated for immigration
data_corpus_ms2020sample
Sample corpus of political speeches from Maerz & Schneider (2020)