Overview
When collaborating or conducting consensus coding, you may want multiple researchers to code the same transcript independently, then compare how each person coded it.
The Coding Comparison feature lets you review coding side-by-side and reconcile differences directly within the same view.
Use Coding Comparison when you want to:
Resolve coding disagreements
Conduct consensus coding sessions
Train or align researchers
Review intercoder reliability results
Standardize codebook usage across a team
Note: The Coding Comparison feature is only available for Transcripts, not Surveys. Instead see our Make Visualizations and Charts.
Prerequisite Steps
Before using Coding Comparison, make sure the following steps are completed:
Upload transcripts - Upload the transcripts you want your team to code into the project.
Share your project - If you are the project owner, share your project with your collaborators so they can access and code the same data.
Code independently (recommended) - Each researcher should code the same transcript independently. To avoid influencing each other’s coding decisions, use the Transcript | Coded by Me view. This view hides other coders’ work so you can code without seeing how others have coded the same text.
How to use Coding Comparison
Once transcripts have been coded by multiple people, you can compare results. Navigate to the Coding Comparison Transcript view.
Delve will display a side-by-side view of how each person coded the same transcript. Choose the researchers you want to compare from the top dropdowns of each side.
You can review the coding differences between the transcripts and make edits directly in the view.
Editing Coded Snippets in Coding Comparison
Remove a Code from a Transcript
Removing a code from a snippet follows the same steps as removing codes from a normal transcript. You can find a breakdown of the steps in the article Uncode a Snippet.
You can remove:
Your own codes
A teammate’s codes
Removing codes is commonly used when resolving disagreements during discussion.
Add a Code to a Transcript
Adding codes follows the same steps as adding codes to a normal transcript. You can find a breakdown of the steps in the article Add a Code .
You can only add codes to your own coded transcript panel. Transcripts coded by others, including AI, cannot have codes added to them by anyone but the original coder.
Example Workflow
Two researchers review a transcript:
Coder A applied: Anxiety
Coder B applied: Fear
During review:
They discuss the excerpt
Agree that Fear is the correct code
In Coding Comparison:
Either coder can remove Anxiety using ×
Coder A can add Fear in their panel using +
FAQs
Q: Can I compare more than two coders at once?
A: Currently, Coding Comparison supports comparing two coders at a time. You can open multiple browser windows side-by-side to compare additional coders.
Q: Can I edit another user’s coding?
A: You can remove codes from any coder’s transcript, but you can only add codes to your transcript. This keeps individual coding ownership clear while enabling collaboration.
Q: Do changes in Coding Comparison update the transcript?
A: Yes. Any changes made in Coding Comparison are reflected across the project.