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Academic Transcription Services Magazine. Research Interview Transcription

Research interviews have traditionally been a method of data collection associated with the naturalistic (qualitative) paradigm that emphasize the exploration and inquiry of human phenomenon (Halcomb & Andrew, 2005). More recently, however, research interviews have become recognized for their broader application in biomedical and collaborative research. Research interview transcription is what we do. Although rarely explicitly defined, transcription refers to the process of reproducing spoken words into written text. Verbatim interview transcription refers to the word-for-word reproduction of verbal data, where the written words are an exact replication of the audio recorded words (Poland, 1995).

valuable time and ensures a timely completion of your research papers, dissertations and theses. Our transcript allow you to look for preset or emergent categories. If you are using a software to streamline your coding process we can support you. We create academic interview transcripts that you can import into Nvivo/Atlas ti. Let us support you with our thesis and dissertation transcription with our research interview transcription services. Before you can begin to identify themes and patterns in your audio interview data, you need the spoken words, such as those from an audio taped interview, reproducing into written text. Thats where we come in. We have impressive track record of supporting graduate and PhD students, professors and researchers in their research interview transcription and editing. We specialize in the transcription of qualitative interviews, one on one interviews, and interviews recorded for dissertation, thesis or doctoral research. We value the confidentiality of our clients data and hence have taken a number of steps to ensure data security. We sign confidentiality agreements and work with you to maintain compliance. Weve worked most often with graduate students, researchers, professors, and universities. We provide research interview transcription services for audio files in any digital audio format and aim to offer a personalized service. Contact us via email and well be happy to do a sample transcription for you.

Research Interviews Transcription Formats

Research interviews are primarily conducted in the context of academic research in various disciplines. The process is a selective one whereby certain phenomena or features of talk and interaction are transcribed. Rather than being a problem to overcome, selectivity needs also to be understood as a practical and theoretical necessity (Cook, 1990; Duranti, 1997, 2007). Because it is impossible to record all features of talk and interaction from recordings, all interview transcripts are selective in one way or another. We see interview transcription as a selective process and are guided by the researchers directions and needs. Generally, there are two types of research interview transcription formats that researchers select in relation to the goals of a study. Verbatim interview transcripts are a full transcript of everything that is said in the recording which includes the common ums and ahs, you knows, I mean, and sort of et. al. Verbatim transcripts also includes all repeated words (max 3), stutters and stammers, and all nonstandard language e.g. aint, cause. If a researcher wishes, we can also include throat clearing, coughing, laughter, details of interruptions, time stamps et. al. Another popular transcription format that we use when transcribing an interview is intelligent verbatim. The aim of an intelligent verbatim interview transcript has less to do with depicting accents or involuntary vocalization. Rather, accuracy concerns the substance of the research interview, that is, the meanings and perceptions created and shared during a conversation. Yet while still working for a full and faithful transcription (Cameron 2001: 33). This approach has found particular relevance in variants of ethnography (Agar 1996; Carspecken 1996), grounded theory (Charmaz 2000) and critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 1993; van Dijk 1999). Qualitative Interview transcription quality as an important aspect of rigor in qualitative research. One of the strategies of avoiding transcription errors is to employ the services of a professional transcriber. As a result of their training, these professionals have a high degree of accuracy in the transcription process. In addition having transcribers on your team who are invested in the project and committed to accuracy at every phase is essential to the integrity of the study and necessary for establishing dependability and confirmability. Employing professional transcribers address the issue of trustworthiness (Dressler & Kreuz, 2000).

References

Agar, Michael. 1996. The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography. Academic Press. Carspecken, Paul. 1996. Critical Ethnography in Educational Research: A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Routledge. Charmaz, Kathy. 2000. Grounded Theory: Objectivist and Constructivist Methods. Pp. 509536. Handbook of Qualitative Research. Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, editors. Sage. Cameron, Deborah. 2001. Working With Spoken Discourse. Sage. Cook, G. (1990). Transcribing infinity. Journal of Pragmatics, 14, 124. Dressler, R. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2000). Transcribing oral discourse: A survey and a model system. Discourse Processes, 29(1), 2536. Duranti, A. (1997). Linguistic anthropology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Duranti, A. (2007). Transcripts, like shadows on a wall. Mind, Culture and Activity, 13(4), 301- 310. Easton, K. L., McComish, J. F., & Greenberg, R. (2000). Avoiding common pitfalls in qualitative data collection and transcription. Qualitative Health Research, 10(5), 703707. Halcomb, E. J., & Andrew, S. (2005). Triangulation as a method for contemporary nursing research. Nurse Researcher, 13(2), 71-82. Fairclough, Norman. 1993. Discourse and Social Change. Polity Press. Poland, B. (1995). Transcription quality as an aspect of rigor in qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 1(3), 290310. van Dijk, Teun. Critical Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis.. Discourse & Society 1999;10:459460.

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Agar (1996:153) writes, Transcription is a chore. At Academic Transcription Services, we take the chore out of transcription. We are invested in your project and work to streamline data collection and analysis. This saves you