Peer-reviewed research
Is verbatim transcription of interview data always necessary?
Elizabeth Halcomb and Patricia Davidson, Applied Nursing Research, 2006
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- What it is
- A nursing research article that questions whether every audio-recorded interview must be transcribed verbatim, especially in mixed-method studies, and offers an alternative way to manage the data.
- How much weight it carries
- Peer-reviewed in a nursing journal and widely cited. It is an argument paper rather than a controlled experiment, and the quoted text is from the abstract page.
Facts taken from this source
- In nursing research, verbatim transcription of interview data is a common data management strategy that is widely considered integral to analysing verbal data.
“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.” (Abstract)