Comments are stored apart from any texts in the segments to which they apply. An annotation is a word entered into the main body of the text which functions as a code. Annotations might be used to indicate features such as tone of voice. Rating Scales User Created Rating Scales are created by the user to try and capture the underlying essence within the source data. Rating scales can be either categorical or numerical.
Categorical scales contain codes in discrete categories.
A scale of Anxiety might have three ordered categories High, Medium, Low a scale Food might have categories such as Meat, Fish, Cheese. By contrast numerical scales only contain numbers. Scales and codes are added to a project through the Rating Scale Editor. In the editor the user can add instructions as to how a scale should be coded. These are displayed when the user elects to code a segment on a scale.