Visual Analysis using Qualitative Software
- When?
- Friday 30 November 2012, 9am to 12.45pm
- Where?
- University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Christina Silver, Christine Rivers & Sarah Bulloch
- Admission price:
- £20 students, £40 academics, £60 government/commercial
This event is an introductory methodological seminar designed to help participants plan for the analysis of visual data - still images and video recordings.
This event is supported by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).
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 seminar discusses theoretical and methodological contexts for the analysis of visual data – e.g. Activity Theory, Grounded Theory and Qualitative Content Analysis – as well as illustrating and critiquing software tools – including ATLAS.ti, Interact, MAXqda, NVivo, QDA Miner, Transana and Media Players such as Windows Media Player, Quick Time Player, imovie.
The session will comprise discussion and demonstration, with working research projects being illustrated live within selected software. We will discuss data preparation and handling, transcription tools, analytic and (re)presentation tools. The session will be practical, illustrating the ease with which tools can be manipulated as well as discussing their analytic functionality.
No particular knowledge is necessary to attend the seminar.