From Field Notes, to Transcripts, to Tape Recordings: Evolution or Combination?
From Field Notes, to Transcripts, to Tape Recordings: Evolution or Combination?
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DOI：
10.1177/160940691201100410
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Tessier, Sophie
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作者：
Tessier, Sophie
对于做定性研究的研究者来说，访谈是一种常用的方法。通过访谈收集的数据可以通过现场笔记、笔录或磁带记录下来。在文献中，对于应该使用哪种记录方法存在争论。存在可靠性、成本（时间和金钱）、数据丢失等问题。技术在这场辩论中扮演着关键的角色。事实上，新技术（例如，直接编码）经常被视为旧技术（例如，抄本）的潜在替代品，这导致了基于进化叙述（从现场笔记到抄本，再到从磁带记录工作）的辩论。本文认为，在组合优于替代的情况下，应该考虑组合叙事。此外，由于新技术的出现，结合现场笔记、抄本和从磁带录音中工作的优点而不积累每种方法的缺点是可能的。为了支持这一观点，本文提出了两种技术工具（OneNote和SmartPen），以提高定性数据管理的有效性、效率和经济性。
For researchers doing qualitative research, interviews are a commonly used method. Data collected through interviews can be recorded through field notes, transcripts, or tape recordings. In the literature, there is a debate regarding which of these recording methods should be used. There are issues of reliability, cost (time and money), loss of data, among others. Technology plays a pivotal role in this debate. Indeed, new technologies (e. g., direct coding) are often seen as potential replacements for older technologies (e. g., transcripts), which leads to a debate that is based on an evolution narrative (from field notes, to transcripts, to working from tape recordings). This article argues that a combination narrative should be considered where combination is better than substitution. Moreover, combining the advantages of field notes, transcripts, and working from tape recordings without accumulating each method's disadvantages is possible because of new technology. To support this argument, two technological tools (OneNote and SmartPen) are presented as a way to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of qualitative data management.