If\u00a0you are transcribing an interview and you have promised anonymity to the participant, then you need to create a transcript that “masks” or removes individually-identifiable details.<\/p>\n
First, some general transcribing guidelines. At the top of your transcript, provide this info:<\/p>\n
Interview participant: [if research study promised confidentiality, use pseudonym]<\/p>\n
Interviewed by: [insert name of interviewer] at [general location] on [date]<\/p>\n
Transcribed by: [insert name of transcriber] on [date]<\/p>\n
If the interviewer followed an interview guide, copy and paste relevant sections. Type the participant’s responses verbatim.\u00a0Use an ellipses (. . .) to reflect a pause in the speaker’s words.\u00a0Use brackets to add any notes for readers, such as [unclear] for unintelligible words, or your best guess if unsure about the exact word or spelling, such as [Frog Hollow?], or descriptions to add context to spoken words, such as [signaled “zero” with fingers and laughed]. Here’s a sample transcript excerpt:<\/p>\n
P: I remember everything that happened that day. . . \u00a0it began with [unclear].<\/p>\n
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If the participant was promised confidentiality, then the transcript must MASK personal details that MIGHT reveal the person’s identity to others. In addition to using a pseudonym, replace names of specific people, groups, or places that could disclose confidentiality to other readers, while avoiding loss of context in the interview. For example, if a participant ORIGINALLY said the following:<\/p>\n
P: My roommate, Jean, who is the only black student on the lacrosse team, took me to a party at The Hall.<\/p>\n
Then you should MASK individually-identifiable details to avoid disclosing the speaker’s identity. Replace names with pseudonyms, and replace specific words with more generic phrases, using [brackets] to show substitutions, like this:<\/p>\n
P: My roommate [Pat], who is [one of the few students of color on a particular athletic team], took me to a party at [a fraternity house].<\/p>\n
However, if a participant spoke a more general sentence, like this:<\/p>\n
P: Last week I went to a party at The Hall and saw lots of different students there.<\/p>\n
Then no details need to be masked, because the sentence does not reveal clues about any individual’s identity.<\/p>\n
Judging when to mask details can be complex, so if you are in doubt, ask your faculty research supervisor.<\/p>\n
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