MTAB Knowledge Base

MTAB Knowledge Base

This is a collection of in-depth articles and "how to" guides that describe the features available in mTAB. This mTAB Knowledge Base is updated as new features are added to mTAB.

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Administration

Changing your mTAB password

Main article: Changing your mTAB password

Retrieving your mTAB password

Main article: Retrieving your mTAB password

Security Features

Main article: Security Features

Save the .JNLP message when launching mTAB (XP)

Main article: Save the .JNLP message when launching mTAB (XP)

Save the .JNLP message when launching mTAB (Windows 7)

Main article: Save the .JNLP message when launching mTAB (Windows 7)

Clearing the mTAB cache

Main article: Clearing the mTAB cache

Filter

Main article: Filter Overview

The ability to filter allows the mTAB user to eliminate from a tab all respondents who do not match the filter criteria.

Filter description options

Main article: Filter description options

Filter Logic

Main article: Filter Logic

Ignore Filter

Main article: Ignore Filter

This feature allows users to compare FILTERED and UNFILTERED columns of data side by side within the same mTAB spreadsheet view.

Format

Main article: Format Overview

Selecting a format style

Main article: Selecting a format style

Maximum and Minimum

Main article: Maximum and Minimum

Creating a new format style

Main article: Creating a new format style

Subset remainder question format

Main article: Subset remainder question format

Quartile formats

Main article: Quartile formats

Layer

Main article: Layer Overview

Introduction to layer

Main article: Introduction to layer

Selecting an alternative weight with multiple studies

Main article: Selecting an alternative weight with multiple studies

How to edit short study descriptions

Main article: How to edit short study descriptions

Recode

Main article: Recode Overview

Importing new labels into a recode

Main article: Importing new labels into a recode

Auto create recode across selected studies

Main article: Auto create recode across selected studies

Create recode new labels from base questions subset

Main article: Create recode new labels from base questions subset

Recode auto map dialog

Main article: Recode auto map dialog

Sorting in the recode editor

Main article: Sorting in the recode editor

Saving a draft recode

Main article: Saving a draft recode

Auto map, parsing stat values, saving

Main article: Auto map, parsing stat values, saving

Enhanced copy old to new in recode editor

Main article: Enhanced copy old to new in recode editor

Duplicate New Label Detection

Main article: Duplicate New Label Detection

Verbatim Responses

Main article: Verbatim Overview

How to use verbatim questions

Main article: How to use verbatim questions

Bigrams, Trigrams and Porter Stemming

Main article: Bigrams, Trigrams and Porter Stemming

Tag Clouds

Main article: Tag Clouds

Selected column tag cloud

Main article: Selected column tag cloud

Tag cloud frequencies

Main article: Tag cloud frequencies

Tag cloud breadcrumbs

Main article: Tag cloud breadcrumbs

Verbatim Filtering

Main article: Verbatim Filtering

Spreadsheet

Main article: Spreadsheet Overview

Applying a conditional format

Main article: Applying a conditional format

Conditional formatting - Auto Legend

Main article: Conditional formatting - Auto Legend

Conditional formatting - User defined benchmark column

Main article: Conditional formatting - User defined benchmark column

Interpreting K-means cluster analysis

Main article: Interpreting K-means cluster analysis

Simplified datasheet

Main article: Simplified datasheet

Support for URL's in spreadsheet

Main article: Support for URL's in spreadsheet

Sorting by question response labels

Main article: Sorting by question response labels

Spreadsheet Search/Replace Feature

Main article: Spreadsheet Search/Replace Feature

Text orientation in the spreadsheet

Main article: Text orientation in the spreadsheet

Subset

Main article: Subset Overview

Subset Indicator

Main article: Subset Indicator

TopN

Main article: TopN Overview

TopN report in layer outside worksheets

Main article: TopN report in layer outside worksheets

Colorization

Main article: Colorization

TopN in the spreadsheet view

Main article: TopN in the spreadsheet view

TopN additional data type analysis

Main article: TopN additional data type analysis

User Defined Questions

Main article: User Defined Questions Overview

Creating a user defined question

Main article: Creating a user defined question

Applying a user defined question to another study

Main article: Applying a user defined question to another study

Updating a user defined question

Main article: Updating a user defined question

Update new question responses in a user defined question

Main article: Update new question responses in a user defined question

Slice

Main article: Slice Overview

How to use Slice

Main article: How to use Slice

Importing a SLICE file into SPSS

Main article: Importing a SLICE file into SPSS

Sig Testing/Statistics

Main article: Sig Testing/Statistics Overview

Statistical formulas documentation

Main article: Statistical formulas documentation

Variations in means/statistical calculations

Main article: Variations in means/statistical calculations

Spreadsheet view - rounding differences explained

Main article: Spreadsheet view - rounding differences explained

Significance testing

Main article: Significance testing

Significance testing - Adjacent columns

Main article: Significance testing - Adjacent columns

Significance testing - Top/Bottom box

Main article: Significance testing - Top/Bottom box

Significance testing - Effective Base

Main article: Significance testing - Effective Base

Significance testing - Overlap Correction

Main article: Significance testing - Overlap Correction

Correlation

Main article: Correlation

Charts

Main article: Charts Overview

Charts Getting Started

Main article: Charts Getting Started

Chart Gallery

Main article: Chart Gallery

Correspondence analysis

Main article: Correspondence analysis

Save/Export

Main article: Save/Export Overview

Ability to export spreadsheet as an XML

Main article: Ability to export spreadsheet as an XML

Tab saving dialog

Main article: Tab saving dialog

Publish tabs to selected users

Main article: Publish tabs to selected users

MyTabs sort by date

Main article: MyTabs sort by date

Creating a folder structure in studies and mytabs lists

Main article: Creating a folder structure in studies and mytabs lists

Other

Question nesting in mTAB

Main article: Question nesting in mTAB

Optimizing Java for mTAB

Main article: Optimizing Java for mTAB

Batch Run

Main article: Batch Run

Understanding the icons in mTAB

Main article: Understanding the icons in mTAB

Loyalty/Source of Sales

Main article: Loyalty/Source of Sales

Overview: mTAB User Interface

Main article: Overview: mTAB User Interface

Group Questions

Main article: Group Questions

Hide topics/questions in the question view

Main article: Hide topics/questions in the question view

Meaning of (MK)(G1)?

Main article: Meaning of (MK)(G1)?

Use of the GROUP uniquing options

Main article: Use of the GROUP uniquing options

Setting the default to the column pane

Main article: Setting the default to the column pane

Search

Main article: Search

Updated Icons for Color Blind Users

Main article: Updated Icons for Color Blind Users

Change Font Size

Main article: Change Font Size

Videos

Tutorials

Main article: Tutorials

Webinars

Main article: Webinars