eScribe offers a total solution to students and researches undertaking
qualitative research who are required to record and transcribe data
which will guarantee significant savings in TIME - MONEY - FRUSTRATION!
“How to Achieve High Quality - Affordable Transcripts"
including your Recording Guidelines together with a Script for the introduction to your
Focus Groups
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This document was specifically written by eScribe with the
assistance of two doctoral students and clients of eScribe,
for all students and researchers to prevent others the vast
amount of time, money and frustration they first experienced
before they discovered eScribe’s 6 Step Process.
This document is now being handed out to students by lecturers,
lecturing units relating to methodology of qualitative research.
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The Objective of Recording Data - “Keeping the
End in Mind”
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| Streamlining the Interview |
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- The Right Environment
- Prepare interviewees before the interview date
- Brief your interviewees prior to the commencement of recording
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Audio Recording Equipment –
Digital v Analogue Tapes
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- Analogue Tapes
- Digital Forma
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| Recording Guidelines |
| The Transcribing of Data |
| Coding Data |
| Free 24/7 access to a remote encrypted and passworded
delivery service to eScribe’s secured server to allow
easy and safe upload of audio files from anywhere in the world
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- Recommends, hires or (in some cases) loans appropriate
digital recording equipment
- FREE set-up support
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| Often required by ethic’s committees |
- Discussing with you details regarding any software you
will be using to code your data
- Creating the correct template and formatting for compatibility
for your preferred coding software
- Determining the necessary style of transcript and level
of verbatim required
- Requesting a copy of the proposed interview questions
and/or information regarding the content of the project
to assist eScribe’s team to clarify likely technical
terms and to gain a good understanding of your project
- Negotiating an agreed turnaround time for the return of
completed transcripts
- Provides a ‘work in progress schedule’ for
cross referencing and auditing purposes, and to ensure all
parties are kept up to date on the status of the project
- Returns completed transcripts within the agreed timeframe.
We have the flexibility to renegotiate this, if required
- Providing references from other students and researchers
who have recently used our services
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