ATLAS.ti Forum http://forum.atlasti.com/ This is the ATLAS.ti Online Community en Thu, 17 May 2012 05:22:23 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.atlasti.com/images/misc/rss.png ATLAS.ti Forum http://forum.atlasti.com/ Cheap kitchen http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5400&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 02:39:34 GMT You name them and I’ve been there.Wickes, Howdens, B&Q, Magnet. Found www.forsalekitchens.co.uk on the net and that’s where my search ended. Great quality and great value. ]]> General cheap kitchen http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5400 Data analysis: Time duration of different activities within an audio file http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5399&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:30 GMT Hi, I am a PhD student and really new to this software. I am currently trying to find a way to analyse the audio of music lessons. Rather than... Hi, I am a PhD student and really new to this software.

I am currently trying to find a way to analyse the audio of music lessons. Rather than only analyzing the verbal and musical interactions between teacher and student in a form of dialogue transcription through coding, I also want to calculate the duration of different activities (e.g. how much time is devoted into playing music) within the lessons. Would it be possible to do that within atlas ti? I found an old post at 2004-06-16 by Sheon, Nicolas titled "speaking time?". This post (reposted below) partly address my question, but not in Altas ti, but in excel. So, I am wondering is there any way to do this calculation in Altias ti?

Many many thanks, I would appreciate any suggestions/advice on this! =)

Christine


The beginning of the old Post:
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Thomas,

I have a similar problem in that I also tabulate time spent speaking, but
not by speaker, but by topic. I'm curious Thomas, how do you deal with
overlaps? I would also love to find an automated way of doing this. I have
not used the SPSS output on Atlas. Here are the steps I go through to create
what I call "time charts" of HIV counseling sessions I have recorded
digitally as assigned as PDs in Atlas. I am enumerating these steps in the
hopes that others on the list might point out some time saving tools I am
not aware of. Thomas, I also think it might be useful for you to use Excel
so that you see patterns in the speaking times by displaying the data in
various chart formats as I describe below:

Step 1. In Atlas, I code the audio PD by topic and communication format.

Step 2. I output all the quotations for that PD, with comments. Here is an
excerpt of a quotation output from Atlas.ti:

P 1: XX100-05-14-03.mp3 - 1:1 [XX100-05-14-03.mp3] (0:00 0:12) (Super)
Codes: [#CONSENT]
No memos

P 1: XX100-05-14-03.mp3 - 1:2 [XX100-05-14-03.mp3] (0:12 4:19) (Super)
Codes: [#RFT]
No memos

P 1: XX100-05-14-03.mp3 - 1:3 [XX100-05-14-03.mp3] (4:31 11:29) (Super)
Codes: [CLIENT CONCERN]
No memos

etc.

Step 3. I enter the duration of each quotation into an excel chart. The
columns of this chart are codes, such as Consent, Reason for Testing (RFT),
etc. The rows are each PD or session. These columns often repeat so that I
can capture the sequence of these topics for different counselors who do
these in a different order.

Step 4. I change the value from minutes and seconds into decimal equivalent
(I have a conversion table). So for quotation one above which lasts 12
seconds, I would enter .2 minutes into the column marked CONSENT. The next
quotation (4:19) would be entered as 4.317 into the RFT column, etc.

Step 5. Once these are all entered, I use the Excel table to make a bar
graph. With lots of tweaking, the chart eventually looks something like
this:

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite-KB-...ef=kb-07-01-04
-fg-01&no=1

The first session in the chart (PACT 01) is the same as the output above, so
you can see how these first three quotations appear in the chart.

Step 6. Excel also allows me to combine many of the columns (topics) into
fewer categories (code families) so that I can see the sessions in terms of
percent devoted to different communication formats. In the chart linked
below, I show the ratio of clinical, data collection, and "counseling" talk
for each session. This enables me to compare the work of several counselors
in terms of how much time they devote to the client's issues, in relation to
time spent on institutional/bureaucratic formalities. This is my way of
approximating a measure of how "client-centered" these sessions are.

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite-KB-...ef=kb-07-01-04
-fg-02&no=2

Step 7. These charts give me a sense of patterns in the data corpus that I
can then investigate using conversation analytic methods as well as
follow-up interviews with the counselor and the client. I also find that the
test site administrators like looking at charts, perhaps more than reading
exerpts from transcripts which do not capture these larger sequential
patterns, so these are an effective presentation tool (I think Edward Tufte
would approve).

Hope this helps,

Nicolas

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Ryser [mailto:tsoha_100@ACCESS.UNIZH.CH]
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:43 AM
To: ATLAS-TI@LISTSERV.DFN.DE
Subject: speakingtime?


how can calculate the total amount of speaking time of a person from wich i
coded every speaking unit (videos)? i just would like to know if theres is a
simple function in atlas.ti5 that calculates this or if i have to count the
time of every quotations for each person myself.

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The End of old post. ]]> General Christine Yau http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5399 Using an existing PD to create new PDs under the same HU http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5398&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 15:17:27 GMT Hello All: Is it possible to create a primary document from a primary document already created in a hermeneutic unit in Atlas.ti and assign as a... Hello All:

Is it possible to create a primary document from a primary document already created in a hermeneutic unit in Atlas.ti and assign as a new PD under the same HU? If so... how?

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Here is the situation in a little more detail:

The project involves over 900 unique comments but were given to me as 1 single document. I assigned that document as a primary document (PD) and did my coding only to realize that since it is 1 PD, all overlapping codes, even when framed as code families, are counted. For example:

1. I went through the entire PD and did 1st order/descriptive coding - coding a number of comments as pertaining to 'advising' in one way or another and described that relation;
2. then I went and grouped all of those codes that pertain to 'advising' under a single code family: 'advising'
3. some comments were assigned more than 1 descriptive code so there is some over-lapping

Now, I want to isolate the number of unique comments that involve 'advising' but since there are some over-lapping descriptive codes, they are all counted!

I have over 900 unique comments of which there are some 124 different descriptions of 'advising' (all grouped under a single family heading: 'advising') however only 61 are unique (don't over-lap) - I had to manually review the codes-quotations list and subtract codes that were duplicates.

I tried to create super-families and filter the data that way but it still brought up 124 codes. I don't know what else to do... the only other option is to restart it all. What I would like to do is go through the PD and select portions of the text and assign them as PDs under the same HU but it does not look like this is an option on Atlas.ti 5.2.... any suggestions?

I have a deadline coming up and don't want to spend time manually calculating numbers though that is definitely a more efficient option at this point than starting from scratch.

Thanks. ]]> General Acacia http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5398 Double-Tee/ Assigned PD´s twice http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5391&goto=newpost Tue, 08 May 2012 14:10:38 GMT Hello,

because of different document formats and the default of "primary documents" in the assigning section, I got distracted and it happened I uploaded quite a few PD´s twice. Is there any proper way to remove the double tees or to I have to do this step by step and PD by PD.

Thanks

Jan ]]> General Jan http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5391 Coding issue http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5386&goto=newpost Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:56 GMT I have a large list of short PD from an Excel spreadsheet. I run into trouble when I try to assign more than one code to a PD, and then use the... I have a large list of short PD from an Excel spreadsheet. I run into trouble when I try to assign more than one code to a PD, and then use the Query tool to bring up all PDs that have Code X and Code Y. It seems like if the codes appear on the same line in the Code Pane, the query tool does not pick them up. I have quite a few PDs with separate codes on the same line - how can I quickly correct this without losing a lot of time?
If you can see "code1.jpg", it behaves correctly when I use the Query tool with AND.
Code2.jpg, with the codes listed one after another on a line is an example of a PD that will not come up when I do a Query using AND and two of the codes listed there. Is there an easy way to correct a bunch of these at once? Thanks.
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When I moved the mouse to a certain code, it automaticlly displayed a small window to show the basic information of this code. It is helpful to know how many times I used this code, and if it link with others. But this function dissappeared today. now I move the mouse in the margin area, there is nothing displayed. What's wrong?

Many thanks,

Mindy ]]> General Mindy http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5385 Focus group participant information http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5384&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:14:01 GMT I have a transcript with a focus group of six participants. The participants have various characteristics that I would like to attach to their name... I have a transcript with a focus group of six participants. The participants have various characteristics that I would like to attach to their name code as a code - e.g., Susie: black, female, 24, likes dogs; Mary: white, female, 30, likes cats. Eventually, I might like to sort the responses by dog lovers and cat lovers. Is there a way to upload the data about all of the participants easily, say in an Excel file? It seems easy to do with an interview transcript with only one interviewee, but it is less clear how to do this with a focus group transcript.

Thanks for your help! ]]> General Cathyb http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5384 <![CDATA[New User: "No Memo" Message]]> http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5383&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:08:40 GMT Help please!
I'm a grad student new at using AtlasTi and after coding all of my documents (which are PDF files), I get a "no memos" message after pulling my codes. I'm receiving this message when pulling any codes from all of my PDF documents.

There are a few other documents which are not PDFs and those codes come up in the outputs just fine. What does this mean?!

Thank you! ]]> General Stnguyen http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5383 Any way to reproduce coded text without word docs linked? http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5382&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:47:25 GMT Hi there-

My external hard drive corrupted and I lost the original transcripts that I coded. It won't be a problem if I can use the Atlas.ti files (.hpr6) to reconstruct the text that was highlighted. Is this possible? When I attempt to view the quotes it says "text unlinked".

Thanks for your advice!
Studying health in India ]]> General IndiaStudy http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5382 Line by line coding with Atlas http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5381&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:50:45 GMT I am analyzing 20 hours of interviews for my doctoral study, using line by line coding. Of course this results in a huge number of codes. I have... I am analyzing 20 hours of interviews for my doctoral study, using line by line coding. Of course this results in a huge number of codes. I have used the Families function to sort codes into categories: e.g.:
'wasn't allowed in'
'kicked me out'
into family named "exclusion: space"
and
'they ignored me'
'it's like I wasn't there'
into family named "exclusion: passive."
I would now like to start importing the family categories (e.g. 'exclusion: space) that I see will be significant into my code list so I can code directly from the PD. However, although I can create a new code with the same name, I would not be able to import the set of codes already assigned to this family.
Although there are some advantages to using families in this way, there are limitations, such as not being able to do analysis with the families (which are really major codes) such as co-occurrence etc. The bottom line is, unless I'm missing something, there does not seem to be a way to use Atlas efficiently for line by line coding.
If anyone has done this, or has ideas, PLEASE let me know.
Many thanks.
Sydney Weaver, PhD (candidate) ]]> General sydney http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5381 Help With Lost Documents http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5380&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:11:19 GMT Hello,

I have been working on a team using Dropbox (an external drive that you can save like the "cloud"). Everyone had their own folders with all the PDs copied and I merged all the files and saved the merged copy onto a different folder within the shared folder on Dropbox. As people finished their assignments, they deleted their folder from Dropbox. When I open the HU the files are not there even though the merged copy is in a distinct folder with all the PDs there. Is there anything that I can do to relink the PDs? and will the codes appear if I am able to relink the PDs again? ]]> General Margaritaz http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5380 Can I use trial version to access existing bundle?? http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5379&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:28:44 GMT I am about to finish writing my PhD dissertation based on fieldwork notes that I have coded and analysed using Atlas.ti. Now - oh disaster!! - my... I am about to finish writing my PhD dissertation based on fieldwork notes that I have coded and analysed using Atlas.ti. Now - oh disaster!! - my laptop broke down and I had to get a new one. Fortunately I have saved all my material so nothing has been lost, except, obviously, the programs that I had downloaded on my previous laptop, including Atlas.ti. I do not expect to add more codes and quotations to my PDs, I just want to be able to access my HU and work with the existing codes. Could I use the trial version for this? It is not really clear to me whether the limitations also count for existing HUs - mine contains over 6000 quotations... (I do not officially qualify as student anymore, so if I have to buy a new version I am afraid I would have to pay the full amount of 1100 Euros...).

I hope I have made clear what my problem and question are, and that you're able to help me!

Kind regards, Janneke ]]> General zokokov http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5379 How to compare different groups http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5378&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:49:55 GMT Hi, all, I just start using Atlas ti to do textual analysis. I have 410 narratives. I want to compare different gender groups and different age... Hi, all,

I just start using Atlas ti to do textual analysis. I have 410 narratives. I want to compare different gender groups and different age groups to see if they have significant difference in contents. I tried to put them into document families. But I don't know how to get the output of different groups.

Many thanks,

Mindy ]]> General Mindy http://forum.atlasti.com/showthread.php?t=5378