Transana Training Workshop 30-31 January 2013
Getting started with software and early analysis
- When?
- Wednesday 30 January 2013, 10am to Thursday 31 January 2013, 4pm
- Where?
- Department of Sociology, University of Sociology, GUILDFORD, UK
- Open to:
- Staff, Students, Public
- Speaker:
- Dr. Christina Silver
- Admission price:
- varies according to status
- Admission information:
- Book online at the Day Courses in Social Research website.
- Refreshments:
Tea/Coffee and lunch provided
The two-day workshop provides the opportunity to gain a thorough overview to the Transana and practice tasks using one’s own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in the early tasks of setting up projects efficiently, transcribing, exploring and coding data whilst having an eye on longer term tasks.
This event is administered by Day Courses in Social Research. Fees vary according to your institution and role. Please see information on Fees before booking to ensure you apply for a place at the correct rate.
To book a place fill in the application form.
The course will suit those who are complete beginners and those who have looked at the software and tried to use it to a limited extent. However you should have some idea about what your approach to analyzing video data will be. The course does not teach you ‘how to do’ qualitative data analysis per se.
During the two-day workshop format we spend some time familiarizing with Transana as a group using sample data. This enables the group to focus on the same tasks at the same time – to experiment with tools without it ‘mattering’. We will experiment with transcribing, creating clips, coding interesting or significant data segments and creating notes which centralize thematic work and writing. We will think about the organization of the data and the project itself, developing and visualizing connections between documents, themes, issues, and theoretical ideas. We will generate output files and reports which allow us to integrate work into other applications.
During the afternoon of the first day participants will begin a Transana database using their own project data. This enables the efficient set-up of the project in light of the experimentations earlier in the day. The rest of the training is given over to participants working individually with the support of the tutor. At times the group comes together to consider more advanced tools and discuss the implications of their use on analysis.
OBJECTIVES: We aim to encourage the effective use of some of the many tools available in Transana, whilst staying in control of work. Time constraints mean that we focus on those parts of the software which provide fundamental and flexible ways to manage thinking about qualitative data. Overview demonstrations provide a longer term sense of direction.
Tasks covered:
Creating and saving databases
Working with video data
Transcribing tools and options
The creation of clips and their organization into collections
Coding data using keywords
Visualizing data
Note taking