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Roberto, I do agree with the comments made by Thomas. More important than the type of documents you have gathered, is the methodology of analysis you will follow. Any special approach? Siéntete en libertad de escribirme en español a mi correo. Diógenes C. On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:31:34 +0000, Roberto Sanchez <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, my name is Roberto Sánchez, I´m doing qualitative research in Spain. > My research is a descriptive case study about a group of physical > education secondary students during a whole school year. This research > emphasizes on their learning and their feelings in a team sports program. > I´ve recorded 60 hours of video, I have written documentation taken from > 30 interviews and their classwork and compositions. In addition, the > students involved in the research handed me drawings in wich they > explained what they did in class. I also have photographs and my research > diary. At the moment, I´m transcribing interviews and revising > bibliography and I´ve begun looking for data analysis software. At the > beginning, I thought of using to analyze the text and to see the videos in > order to note my considerations and to transcribe the voices. I´ve seen in > the internet, the great advances that have taken place since I started my > research four years ago. Because of this, I have reconsidered looking for > a software that allows me to work with different kinds of data I have, I > mean, text, video and images. The most important for me is that this > software is able to work with three differents kinds of data in the same > category. I think Atlas.ti is the program that suits me best, although I > have read that Transana is better in order to work with many video hours. > Anyway, I would appreciate if you advised me about which program suits me > best, taking into account that I want to work text, video and images at > the same time, and whether I could face any difficulties when I use it. > Thanks in advance. >