166501 Transcription Basics

Sunday, November 4, 2007: 10:20 AM

Ann Millard, PhD , School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, South Texas Center & Department of Social & Behavioral Health, McAllen, TX
Keith Bletzer, PhD, MPH , School of Human Evoluation and Social Change (anthropology), Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Transcription is a process of rendering into usable text, field materials that were tape-recorded (or video-taped). The process can be labor-intensive and costly, but ultimately materials that are derived increase validity and reliability in analysis/analyses, as well as generate a potential for additional coding should future analysis be desired. Tasks that follow upon the completion of transcription include verification (generally transcription review by the respective interviewer) and coding (multiple methods). Two techniques for coding will be reviewed (one emphasizing field contingency, one emphasizing sorting). Participants will work in pairs for hands-on experience with transcribed field materials.

Learning Objectives:
Describe the advantages to trascription of field materials Review approaches to coding based on field contingency and sorting Identify at least one difficultyin this stage of ethnographic analysis

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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