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Creating Analytic Codes and Categories

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Table of Contents

Introduction

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  • Transana Overview
  • Transana’s Analytic Model
  • Transana’s Main Screen

Bringing Data Files Into Transana

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  • Starting Transana – Professional and Basic Versions
  • Using Transana Multiuser
  • Creating a Library in Transana
  • Ading Your First Text File to Transana
  • Adding Your First Media File to Transana
  • Import Survey Data
  • Batch Episode Creation
  • Adding Multiple Simultaneous Media Files to Transana

Transcription & Time Codes

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  • Types of Transcripts
  • Transcription with Transana
  • Time Codes in Transana
  • Transcription Shortcuts
  • Using Speech Recognition Software with Transana
  • Transcript Formatting and Transcript Templates

Creating Analytic Codes & Categories

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  • Creating Keywords and Keyword Groups
  • Default Keywords
  • Creating Collections in Transana
Categorizing & Coding Data

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Analyzing Text-based Data

Analyzing Media-based Data

Analyzing Still Image Data

Summary

Common Analytic Tasks with Coded Data

Reports, Maps, and Graphs

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  • Transana’s Text Reports
  • Transana’s Word Frequency Reports and Word Clouds
  • Transana’s Keyword Map Reports
  • Filter Dialogs and Filter Configurations

Searches

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  • Quick Searches and Search Results
  • Full Searches
  • Boolean Basics and the use of Parentheses in Searches in Transana

Writing Tools in Transana

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  • Working with Notes
  • Research Journals and Hyperlinks

Tools and Utilities
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  • Media Conversion
  • File Management and Update Database
  • Find Missing Files
  • Transferring Coded Data In and Out of Transana

Additional Topics

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  • Analyzing Sports Video
  • What Has Transana Done for Qualitative Methodology?
  • The Data Conversion Utility for Transana 3.00

Creating Keywords and Keyword Groups

How to create Keywords and Keyword Groups in Transana. This ScreenCast also describes how to view the Keyword Summary Report. (7:30, Transana 3.00 shown)

Default Keywords

You can make sure that coding is added to all Quotes taken from a Document or all Clips taken from an Episode using Default Keywords. (4:05, Transana 3.00 shown)

Creating Collections in Transana

The first step in creating analytic data items in Transana is to create a Collection. This ScreenCast provides some information about the analytic process in Transana and demonstrates creating a Collection. (5:35, Transana 3.00 shown

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