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How to Transcribe an Interview for Dissertation – Part 1
“[I]t is a truism to note that all transcription is in some sense interpretation …” (Cook, 1990, p.12) In summary, here is how you transcribe your research interviews. DIY – Do(ing) it Yourself Hire a Professional Transcriber Use Software. In this first post of a 2 part series on how to transcribe an interview for…
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Interview Transcription: 5 interesting facts
1. The word transcription – defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as “the act or process of making a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken” – has been in common use since the 17th Century (first known use was in 1598). It probably originated from the Latin word transcribere (trans-…
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How To Transcribe a Focus Group Discussion
Step 1. Transcribe verbatim Step 2. Let the transcript be! Step 3. Use timestamps Step 4. Identify speakers Step 5. Proofread Focus groups are a great way to collect qualitative data. Because they comprise of a larger number of participants, up to 15, they provide a broad range of information. It’s always advisable to conduct…
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Psychotherapy Verbatim Transcription Guide
A while back I wrote a post about general verbatim transcription convections that we use. However, I am always open to creating a verbatim transcription rules for clients. Recently a psychotherapist got in touch looking for a verbatim transcription services of a counseling session using the psychotherapy transcription standards by Mergenthaler and Stinson (1992). The…
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How to transcribe your research interviews; a DIY guide
2020 UPDATE: Here’s a 2-part comprehensive guide on how to transcribe your dissertation interviews. For whatever reason you may not be able to hire us to transcribe your research interviews for you. In that case, here is a simple guide on how you can transcribe your research interviews and start analyzing your data. What you…
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Verbatim Transcription of Research Interviews and Focus Group Discussions
What is Verbatim Transcription Poland (1995) defines verbatim audio transcription as the word-for-word reproduction of verbal data, where the written words are an exact replication of the recorded (video or audio) words. With this definition, accuracy concerns the substance of the interview, that is, the meanings and perceptions created and shared during a conversation. And…
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Reviewing Transcripts for Accuracy: The Ideal vs The Practical
There are many methods for ensuring transcription accuracy. For example, a concordance assessment involves two typists independently transcribing an interview and then comparing the two transcripts. However, it is rare that a researcher has the resources for acquiring the time of two typists for one transcript. Ideally a researcher would have access to as much…
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Decision Time: What’s to be transcribed?
The level of detail included in a transcript should match the level of analysis being applied. Ethnographic work, for example, is interested in understanding values, beliefs and attitudes and how they are articulated across various social contexts. This will require distinctly different transcription of the interviews or focus group discussions than research on speech patterns.…
