The Observer XT research
Psychology, crime & law - using The Observer to analyze the effect of pretrial publicity on jury deliberations.
"The Observer software is a powerful behavior analysis tool that allows for the development of well organized coding schemes and event timing. This behavioral analysis tool was selected because of its potential to allow for more elaborate coding schemes and more accurate event timing than methods previously used to content analyze jury deliberations (e.g. transcribed deliberations or video observations using less sophisticated content analysis tools)."
Social research methodology - using The Observer XT to organize and manage large video corpora, assist in case selection, and facilitate comparability and cross referencing with a corpus.
"Observation software offers a way of sorting, storing, organising and systematically analysing a large data set........Careful consideration must be given to the set-up of the system, in particular to the coding scheme. This initial investment in project set-up ultimately creates efficiency in the research process, as it negates the need to transcribe an entire corpus, and enables the researcher to identify and locate salient events quickly and easily...........Systematic observation software is therefore a tool worth exploring in video-based social research."
Clinical communication research - using The Observer XT to synchronize the video signal with the physiological data
"Combining data from behavioral observation and psychophysiology may enhance the exploration of interplay between conscious and unconscious processes and lead to a better insight into the dynamics of emotion in medical interviews, with potential implications for the communication behavior of clinicians."
Visitor Studies - Timing and Tracking: Unlocking Visitor Behavior
"Electronic behavioral coding and analysis systems such as Noldus Observer have some distinct advantages over paper-and-pencil measures:
- More accurate—for example, there is evidence that paper-and-pencil methods underestimate time at exhibits when exhibits are close together;
- Able to record separate times for concurrent behaviors;
- Not difficult to learn;
- No data entry necessary—data are simply downloaded directly into SPSS or other spreadsheet software; and
- Less obvious—a handheld PC does not attract nearly as much attention as a clipboard.
The most compelling reason to consider using software such as Noldus Observer is that it results in more accurate data".
Educational research - Collecting and coding observational data
"If your research team is Windows-based or cross-platform, The Observer XT appears to be the best solution".
Psycho-Oncology - Nurse patient communication
"To ease coding procedures, the categories of the MIARS (Medical Interview Aural Rating Scale, red) were incorporated into Observer Video Pro software".
Women's Health - Maternal role functioning
"Coding was accomplished using The Observer software by Noldus (www. Noldus.com), which provided on-line, continuous, computer-assisted behavioral coding of variables. Two coders separately viewed the videotapes in real time but were able to stop and replay segments as well as edit coding".
Sound therapy - Improving quality of life for the elderly and children with special needs
"Observer software from Noldus, a company specializing in digital observation tools, enables high levels of accuracy and complexity of descriptions".
Autism research - Child and adolescent psychiatry
"Videotapes were coded by means of the "The Observer". This is a software system for recoding, coding and analyzing frequencies and durations of observed events. The use of this video tape analyses system enables coding behavior at different VCR playback speeds, while maintaining a proper time reference. This enables an exact coding (in hundredths of seconds) of the start and end of each occurrence of behavior".