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In nursing research, verbatim transcription of interview data is a common data management strategy that is widely considered integral to analysing verbal data.
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In the source's own words
“Verbatim transcription of interview data has become a common data management strategy in nursing research and is widely considered to be integral to the analysis and interpretation of verbal data.”
Is verbatim transcription of interview data always necessary?, Elizabeth Halcomb and Patricia Davidson, Applied Nursing Research, 2006, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- Halcomb and Davidson wrote about nursing research interviews, where audio is often transcribed in full before analysis.
- What it does not show
- The quote describes the common practice. The authors then question whether full verbatim transcription is always necessary, which the abstract argues for mixed-method studies.