Qualitative
research, particularly those conducted in the field of primary care,
aims to understand the most common of human phenomena, along with
their complexity, in the fields of health and illness. Typically,
these studies involve data comprising of written texts, including
field notes and relevant documents, and audible and visual data,
including interview recordings.
How
Transcriptions Help
Most
scholarly articles and authors describe transcription as a
straightforward technical task. A transcriptionist would also take
audio and spoken words into words on paper. However, this is not mere
note-taking. Transcribing notes also requires interpretation,
representation, and reduction (if necessary), not only to get the
words down and make them readable, but also meaningful and relevant
to the research.
In
the end, transcription is more than a technical task or procedure,
but rather an interpretive act. Researchers see and notice certain
unanticipated phenomena, and there are different ways of transcribing
the same data. One could decide on the level of transcription detail
that is required for the study.
Whom
to Trust
For
qualitative studies, these usually involve the collation of relevant
audio and video recordings. Some recordings can be difficult to
understand due to poor recording quality, interfering noises, low
volume, overlaps in speech, and even accents or styles in speech. In
this case, professional transcription services can do a better job of
transcribing difficult recordings.
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