Bailey, J;
(2008)
First steps in qualitative data analysis: transcribing.
Family Practice
, 25
(2)
pp. 127-131.
10.1093/fampra/cmn003.
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Abstract
Qualitative research in primary care deepens understanding of phenomena such as health, illness and health care encounters. Many qualitative studies collect audio or video data (e.g. recordings of interviews, focus groups or talk in consultation), and these are usually transcribed into written form for closer study. Transcribing appears to be a straightforward technical task, but in fact involves judgements about what level of detail to choose (e.g. omitting non-verbal dimensions of interaction), data interpretation (e.g. distinguishing ‘I don't, no’ from ‘I don't know’) and data representation (e.g. representing the verbalization ‘hwarryuhh’ as ‘How are you?’). Representation of audible and visual data into written form is an interpretive process which is therefore the first step in analysing data. Different levels of detail and different representations of data will be required for projects with differing aims and methodological approaches. This article is a guide to practical and theoretical considerations for researchers new to qualitative data analysis. Data examples are given to illustrate decisions to be made when transcribing or assigning the task to others.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | First steps in qualitative data analysis: transcribing |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/fampra/cmn003 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn003 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 The Authors This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | qualitative data analysis, transcribing, qualitative, data analysis, data analysis, transcribing, First steps, Audio recording, data transcription, data analysis, qualitative research, video recording, consultation, primary health care, qualitative research, interpretation of findings |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/45758 |
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