**[ [[cqp:introduction|Collection: Introduction to CQP]] ]**

====== 4. Beyond queries ======

//The topics in this section build on the foundations discussed in [[cqp:corpus-structure|Section 1]], [[cqp:simple-queries|Section 2]] and [[cqp:advanced-querying|Section 3]], and thus presuppose that you have read them.//

Often, we will export our concordance (once we are satisfied with it) and then work with the data in some external program -- for example, we might import it into a spreadsheet in order to add our own annotation to the data, which can then serve as a basis for further analysis.

However, sometimes we may want to create quick summaries of our data -- for example, in the form of a frequency list. This simple case and two slightly more complex cases are introduced in the following three sections.

You can read these sections in any order -- all of them build on Sections 1, 2 and three, but they do not build on each other. However, they increase in complexity, so it is recommended to read them in the order presented here:

  * [[cqp:frequency-lists|Section 4a]]: Frequency lists
  * [[cqp:grouping-data|Section 4b]]: Grouping data
  * [[cqp:collocates|Section 4c]]: Collocate lists and tables

Once you have completed all of these topics, you are quite an advanced user of CQP. However, [[cqp:expert-tricks|Section 5]] contains some expert-level tricks that will drastically improve your //love// life.

**[ Introduction to CQP: [[cqp:corpus-structure|Section 1]] -- [[cqp:simple-queries|Section 2]] -- [[cqp:advanced-querying|Section 3]] -- [[cqp:beyond-queries|Section 4]] -- [[cqp:expert-tricks|Section 5]] -- [[cqp:exercises|Section 6]] ]**