webENA Help

webENA builds and explores epistemic network analysis (ENA) models in your browser. Upload coded data, choose what to model, and compare the networks of people, teams, or groups side by side.

New to ENA? Start with Getting Started, then try the built-in Guided tour (the directions icon at the top of the model panel): it walks you through building and reading a simple model in the app itself.

Guide contents

Page What it covers
Getting Started Local sessions vs. accounts, your first model, the screen layout
Data & Sets Projects, folders, uploading data, creating and copying sets
Building a Model Units, horizons, windows, and codes; standard vs. ordered networks
Transmodal Analysis Modalities, time-based windows, flexible horizons
Plots & Units The comparison plot, side plots, means, hiding and excluding units, plot tools, the Data View
Statistics Group comparisons, goodness of fit, variance, AI write-ups
Advanced Options Rotations, sphere normalization, weighting, connection masking
Compound & Nested Codes Combining codes (A & B) and nesting subcodes (B ⊆ A)
Simplify Model (PRIA) Removing codes that add little to the model
Glossary Definitions of the terms used in webENA

The basic workflow

  1. Add data. Upload a CSV (or Excel) file in which each row is a line of activity and code columns mark the concepts present in that line.
  2. Define the model. On the Model tab, choose the Units to model, the Horizons within which connections can occur, the Window that groups nearby lines, and at least three Codes.
  3. Explore the plot. Each unit appears as a point; hover or click points to see their networks, and compare group means.
  4. Test differences. On the Stats tab, compare two groups along each axis and check how well the plot fits the data.

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