Transcription: Imperatives for Qualitative Research

Transcription: Imperatives for Qualitative Research

Transcription is a practice central to qualitative research, yet the literature that addresses transcription presents it as taken for granted in qualitative studies. In this article the author provides a review of three decades of literature on transcription between 1979 and 2009. The review establi...

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Main Author: Christina Davidson PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-06-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690900800206
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spelling doaj-0cd795bb0e6a4ce48475d20656b7ca2f2020-11-25T03:43:00ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods1609-40692009-06-01810.1177/16094069090080020610.1177_160940690900800206Transcription: Imperatives for Qualitative ResearchChristina Davidson PhDTranscription is a practice central to qualitative research, yet the literature that addresses transcription presents it as taken for granted in qualitative studies. In this article the author provides a review of three decades of literature on transcription between 1979 and 2009. The review establishes core understandings and issues that have informed the transcription literature, including the ways it is said that transcription is overlooked in qualitative research. Discussion of the literature raises the need for more empirical studies that examine transcription in qualitative research, and suggests specific questions that qualitative researchers might address in relation to transcription and its reporting.https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690900800206
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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description Transcription is a practice central to qualitative research, yet the literature that addresses transcription presents it as taken for granted in qualitative studies. In this article the author provides a review of three decades of literature on transcription between 1979 and 2009. The review establishes core understandings and issues that have informed the transcription literature, including the ways it is said that transcription is overlooked in qualitative research. Discussion of the literature raises the need for more empirical studies that examine transcription in qualitative research, and suggests specific questions that qualitative researchers might address in relation to transcription and its reporting.
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