by Zeynab Badreddine | Analysis, Artifical Intelligence
Introduction When we ask ChatGPT to summarize a transcript, we get a useful overview of the content — a snapshot of key ideas, but without attention to how those ideas unfold over time. In qualitative data analysis, especially when working with video, time matters....
by Zeynab Badreddine | Analysis, Artifical Intelligence
Introduction When you work with transcripts, interviews, or debates, the amount of text can feel overwhelming. Thematic analysis is the tool that helps researchers make sense of it all. It finds patterns in what people are saying so we can see the big picture. It...
by Anne Spurgeon | Analysis, Clips, Qualitative Research
Do you need to create video clips and do quick analysis without creating transcripts? Transana makes it easy. Certain types of qualitative research are done by grabbing short clips of video data and coding them directly, without the need for a text-based transcript. ...
by David Woods | Analysis, Coding, Keywords, Reports, Maps and Graphs
Transana’s Reports, Maps, and Graphs (referred to collectively as the Reports) are powerful tools for increasing your understanding of qualitative data that you’ve coded and categorized. As I talked about in “Making Sense of Your Coded Data,” your reports include all...
by David Woods | Analysis, Coding, Mixed Methods, Qualitative Research, Reports, Maps and Graphs
So you’ve added a bunch of documents and images and episodes to Transana. You’ve developed a set of keywords that represent your coding system. You’ve made a bunch of selections and you’ve categorized and coded them. You’re ready to start working with Transana’s...
by Anne Spurgeon | Analysis, Clips, Coding, Keywords, Media Files, Mixed Methods, Reports, Maps and Graphs, Time Codes
Researchers analyzing video and audio data sometimes need to make fairly straightforward quantitative measurements. How many times did each participant take a turn? How long did the animals in one group spend grooming vs another group? During a recent Transana...
