![]() Thus, by the time I had finished the fieldwork and transcribed all the interviews, I was familiar with their content, had developed summaries of each interview and had developed a set of ideas to focus my analysis. Upload, format and backup your audio files as soon as possible after the interview.It is important to check the recording was successful and to back it up ASAP. I recorded my interviews as WAV files but decided to import them to NVivo as MP3 files, which take up less space. (You can use Audacity to convert WAV to MP3). Transcribe interviews throughout the research where possible. ![]() It allows you to pause, play and rewind with your foot so that you can continue typing normally, which saves a lot of time if you have a lot of transcribing to do.īuy a foot pedal! It sounds silly but this was great advice from my supervisors.It takes a REALLY long time (about six hours to type up a one hour interview, more if you have group interviews) so don’t leave it all to the end! ![]() Finally, make notes as you transcribe either in NVivo or in a notebook to the side of your computer.Think: Do you have to transcribe all of this information? Should you change names or leave them in and anonymise everything later on? Most interviews will include names and personal details about the interviewee but also people around them in their lives. ![]() ![]() Ideas will arise as you’re transcribing and you want to note these down. ![]()
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