Learn ENA by making the analysis decisions.

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FirstGame mean ENA network. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignBeginner20 minAug 9, 2026

Frame an ENA Study: Units, Conversations, and Codes

Translate a relational research question into aligned units of analysis, conversation boundaries, and theory-linked codes before opening the software.

research questionunitsconversations

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 1 · CC BY 4.0

RescuShell tutorial dataset: first three records. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Data PreparationBeginner25 minAug 9, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 02

Prepare Coded Discourse Data for ENA

Turn ordered qualitative records into an auditable ENA table with complete unit, conversation, raw-evidence, and binary code fields.

data formattingbinary codesconversation order

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Tan et al. (2024), tutorial example · CC BY 4.0

Mean network comparison with both groups' ENA points. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

ModelingIntermediate30 minAug 9, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 03

Build and Compare an ENA Model

Configure units, conversations, codes, and a stanza window in webENA, then compare networks without confusing visual separation with statistical evidence.

webENAmoving stanza windowgroup comparison

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 8 · CC BY 4.0

An individual ENA network linked to source evidence. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

InterpretationIntermediate25 minAug 9, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 04

Interpret ENA Networks With Qualitative Evidence

Read points, edges, and comparison networks as coordinated model outputs, then return to coded excerpts before writing a bounded claim.

network interpretationdifference graphsqualitative evidence

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 12 · CC BY 4.0

Mean network for all units in the expert model. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

ModelingIntermediate35 minAug 12, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 05

Audit ENA Normalization, Projection, and Rotation

Separate connection accumulation from normalization and dimensional reduction, then justify whether an SVD or two-group means rotation answers the research question.

sphere normalizationSVD projectionmeans rotation

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 27 · CC BY 4.0

Binary code columns in the tutorial dataset. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Data PreparationIntermediate35 minJul 23, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 06

Audit Coding Reliability and Consensus Before ENA

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise testing whether the codebook is applied consistently enough for connections among codes to have a stable interpretation, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

coding reliabilityconsensus codingcodebook revision

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Tan et al. (2024), tutorial example · CC BY 4.0