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Step 4: After
the Interview q 1. Label the Tape: Immediately after the interview, label the tape with the person’s name, your name, the date and an assigned number. By using a double tape system, one can be stored in a file cabinet, while the other is taken home for transcribing. In the end this will also allow you to return one tape copy to the interviewee. Don’t forget to send a thank you note to the interviewee. q 2. Transcribing: After turning in one tape, consent form and borrowed equipment, you are ready to check out a transcriber. This is when the hard work really begins. Usually one hour of tape takes approximately 4-6 hours to transcribe. If you do not have access to a transcriber, a tape recorder with a pause button will have to do. You must listen carefully when making a transcript. Transcribing can be challenging because oral speech is so much different than written speech. Use common sense when editing while transcribing. Take out the umm’s and ahh’s and do modest amounts of editing to facilitate the reading of the transcript. q 3. Editing with Interviewee: It is appropriate to take the transcript back to the interviewee. Allow the interviewee to make changes. This also provides the interviewer another opportunity to have the interviewee expand on or explain a part of the transcript that may be unclear. q 4. Corroborate Evidence: Check the reliability of the interviewee’s information by comparing it to information you have gathered from other sources.
Step 1: The Pre-Interview Stage Step 2: Preparing for the Interview Step 3: Conducting the Interview |
