3/31/2014

When I took my own experience with Transana. I agree with the conceptualizations and experiences that are discussed in terms of the nature of data and the usage of qualitative analysis program. The relations are defined as “fidelity” (Silver & Patashnick, 2011), the applications of qualitative software are the space of “multiplies” for coding, transcribing, analyzing, accessibility and reachability (Woods & Dempster, 2011). The experiences of social researcher  are discussed in terms of the usage of Transana(Brundell, Knight, Tennent, & Naeem, 2008).
These tree articles are well-structured and defined by evaluating Transana. I have been using it too for a while. I still have some small problem with Transana. I really like its organizations as video script. Its main tool bar includes only five general tabs. These are useful and easy to understand for me. My problem emerges from the side which is designed for organizing the data. I have not experienced the multiple transcription and coding by using it so far. I would like to use Transana as the space as multiple coding, transcribing and analyzing.
I believe that the data means certainly more than text. The richer the transcription is, the richer the coding becomes. To understand the actions and meaning, we need wider perception of phenomenon. The process has two faces in this sense. The usage of software only enables us to frame our thought in a meaningful way. In this sense, the transcription, coding and analyzing become more meaningful and comprehensible for the sake of research and construction of meaning.


Brundell, P., Knight, D., Tennent, P., & Naeem, A. (2008). The experience of using the Digital Replay System for social science research. …  E-Social Science …. Retrieved from http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The+experience+of+using+Digital+Replay+System+for+Social+Science+research&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C15#0

Silver, C., & Patashnick, J. (2011). Finding Fidelity: Advancing Audiovisual Analysis Using Software. Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=14385627&AN=58650840&h=5sAl4Znd8mPoYduHvZRD9KDziSbNnJY4ir527A1bKgu4ZHZmEnijMrd8UjxrKrw9vq4B0GI68cXW7HMmviljRA%3D%3D&crl=c

Woods, D., & Dempster, P. (2011). Tales From the Bleeding Edge: The Qualitative Analysis of Complex Video Data Using Transana. … : Qualitative Social Research. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=14385627&AN=58650823&h=OQDnWufYz0DDLhjQcvw7FXchIPKOhJC3seGioTdZ3PxxiYiqm67AUUnDCxsuuanA/csWwuXP5Nz7rzSyPB7iPA==&crl=c

 

 

1 comment:

  1. Ah good points here. I too like Transana's support of multiple transcriptions; however, I've always found Transana's coding features to be sorely underdeveloped in comparison to packages like NVivo or ATLAS.ti. The ability to work with a complex coding process is one that it is really not designed to support. Perhaps this goes back to how particular packages are designed for specific purposes.

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