Observing-V

• Purpose: Coding and analysing video recordings. Examples: scientific analysis of human or animal behaviour, analysing and assessing television reports or programmes, monitoring progress in sport activity, … every videotaped events, that should be converted into data for documentation and for further processing like statistics. • Coding is done by means of code-systems the user tailors to match exactly the needs of his investigation. Setup of a code-system in a couple of minutes. • Intuitive layouts. Additional 'in-window' infos making superfluous accessing the software's manual most of the time. • Integrated demo video that comes pre-coded and may be used to test the software's processing feature. The demo video may be used also to exercise coding and to test user's self-made coding-system or the Observing-v's proposed coding-system. • Key features: > Terms to describe observations can be generated ad libitum > Each term is laid down in a central depository called the Catalogue > Terms can be edited, deleted and classified at any time > Terms can be classified deliberately into a Code-System > A general content-free Code-System is provided > A Lexicon is available to exemplify and define Catalogue terms > Camouflage of data to protect privacy > A particular Template is used to characterise an Observation Task > The number of Templates is unlimited > Easy setup of a Template in a couple of minutes > Templates can be copied and edited > An observation Session, i.e. observing and coding, is started by calling a Template > Catalogue, Lexicon and Templates are covered in a Project > A Project may contain more than one template (observation task) > Number of Projects a user can set up is unlimited > Projects are saved and accessed discretely > User's access to his projects is protected by user name und user password > Number of users is unlimited - no additional fees > Coding of observations with one mouse click > Coding may be stopped and resumed at any time > Local date and real time tagging of data > Computation and graphics of descriptive statistics > Filtering of data > Data export