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Writing Tools 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

Working with Notes

Transana’s Notes feature is great for writing Analytic Memos, among other things. (14:02, Transana 2.53 shown)

Please note that what was called a Series in Transana 2.61 and earlier is called a Library in Transana 3.00 and later. Also, you can create Notes for Snapshots (Transana 2.6), Documents (Transana 3.0), and Quotes (Transana 3.0). None of these data elements are mentioned in this ScreenCast because they were not available when the ScreenCast was recorded. Document Notes can be used in the same way that Episode Notes are used, and Snapshot and Quote Notes function in very similar ways to Clip Notes.

Research Journals and Hyperlinks

This ScreenCast demonstrates Research Journals, which are available in Transana Professional, Transana Multiuser, and Transana for Computer Labs 3.00 and higher. Research Journals allow a different form of analytic writing in Transana than Notes, and are designed to allow researchers to begin writing up the results of their qualitative analyses within Transana. It also introduces Hyperlinks, which are available in all Transana 3.00 and higher versions. Hyperlinks allow researchers to embed links in Documents and Transcripts to Quotes, Clips, Snapshots, and Notes in Transana. When you combine Research Journals and Hyperlinks, you get a very powerful mechanism for describing analytic conclusions linked to the crucial pieces of evidence that support them. (8:42, Transana 3.00 shown)