For none-exhaustive Coding Systems.
If you did not use mutually exclusive Codes, your data file probably holds sequences that were not coded. This might cause trouble during some analysis routines - especially during an inter-rater reliability routine.
While coding, the resulting Event might hold gaps and/or overlaps for different reasons:
oNo Code available for every situation
oUn-coded sequences because of irrelevance
oEvents coded without applying the Log Mutually Exclusive Codes feature properly
oSkipped frames due to video controllability issues
o...
I many cases, gaps and overlaps are just fine, but in other situations you might need to make your data exclusive (no overlaps) and even exhaustive (no gaps).
INTERACT offers some powerful features to resolve most systematic issues afterward with a single command. Explore the available routines, depending on your situation:
 | Add Missing Events - To add new Codes in new Events to fill in the blanks between existing Events, use the routine described in Add Missing Events. |
| Close Gaps - To close (usually tiny) gaps between existing Events, without adding new Events and Codes, use the routine describe in Close Gaps. |
| Make Exclusive - To get rid of unintentional overlaps, use the routine described in Make Data Exclusive |
Gap Statistics
Additionally, INTERACT offers plain descriptive Gap-statistics to count the gaps around each Code, even without creating Codes for these gaps.
▪Read Gap Statistics for further details.