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Searches in Transana

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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

Quick Searches and Search Results

This ScreenCast describes the use of Quick Searches in Transana and demonstrates the functionality of Search Results in Transana. (3:36, Transana 3.00 shown.)

Full Searches

This ScreenCast describes the use of Full Searches in Transana, including demonstrating Transana’s Search Interface, saving Search Specifications, and convert Search Results to Collections in Transana (11:06, Transana 3.00 shown.)

Boolean Basics and the Use of Parentheses in Searches

This ScreenCast shows exactly how Searches work in Transana, demonstrating the basics of boolean logic, describing the use of parentheses, and illustrating an issue that all researchers should be aware of when doing Searches. (6:28, Transana 3.00 shown.)

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