The Qualitative AnalySIS of Video and audio using Transana David Woods, Ph.D. Strategies in Qualitative Analysis September 14, 2006

Qualitative analysis of Video Four analytic issues to touch upon today Transcription as analysis Staying close to the data Data-mining and hypothesis-testing Collaboration in the analysis of video

Transcription as Analysis Video is more powerful than text Text is more accessible for most researchers Transana links the video and the transcript Transcript is displayed along with video Selecting in transcript positions the video

Transcription As Analysis Jeffersonian Transcription Timed Pauses Micro-pauses Overlap Symbols Extension Emphasis Pacing Latching Uncertain passages

Staying Close to the data Coded Clips in Context N*Vivo requires short video clips created outside the analytic software, coded as a whole Transana handles raw video, allows the easy creation and coding of virtual clips. This allows a smaller unit of analysis, more precise coding. This allows looking at the context of the clip This allows looking at coding over time

Examing Coding over time

Keyword Searching Complex boolean searches Data mining Simple searches Hypothesis testing Multiple complex searches Search results converted to collections

Collaboration in real time Sharing analytic data with collaborators in real time

Collaboration with Transana Sharing Analytic Data (Lyn’s plenary) Sharing of Video Data – transferring large files without Human Subject risk (Sandra’s presentation) Communication tools inside and outside the software Future directions – Remote control? VOIP? Data Sharing Bundles? Other ideas?

Transana is FREE. It’s open source. It’s available for Windows and Mac OS X.