interview

Column A: Criteria

Column B: Description of Goal/Target

Column C: Student Assessment

Extent to Which Meets Criteria Goal/Target

1 = Doesn’t Meet

2 = Getting There

3 = Fully Meets

NS = Not Sure

Column D: Professor Assessment

1. Verbatim audio transcription

Student has conducted and prepare their interview for data analysis by creating a verbatim (aka orthographic) audio transcription which transcribes spoken words (and other sounds) in the recorded data

2. Presents as clear and complete of a rendering of what was uttered as possible.

Records in written form all verbal utterances from all speakers, both actual words and non-semantic sounds – such as ‘erm’, ‘er’, ‘uhuh’, ‘mm’ and ‘mm-hm’.

3. Does NOT ‘correct’ or change anything

Captures how the individuals expressed themselves. Avoids ‘cleaning up’ or editing the data so participants sound more fluent and more like they are using written language.

4. Anonymizes transcripts

Any data that could identify the participant has been removed or changed. This includes changing participant names and names of other people mentioned in the data by giving them a pseudonym (fake name). Beyond this, other information has been removed or changed that could potentially make the participant identifiable (e.g., occupation, age, identifying personal information).

5. Identifies the speaker for each turn of talk

The speaker’s name, followed by a colon (e.g., Anna: ) signal the identity of the speaker (use Interviewer/Int for when you are speaking). A new line is started for every time a new speaker enters the conversation. The first word of each new turn of talk begins with a capital letter.

6. Identifies Laughing, coughing, etc.

((laughs)) and ((coughs)) is used to signal a speaker laughing or coughing during a turn of talk; ((General laughter)) signals interviewer and participant are laughing at once

7. Identifies Pausing

((pause)) is used to signal a significant pause (i.e., a few seconds or more; precise timing of pauses is not necessary).

8. Spoken abbreviations

When someone speaks an abbreviation, that abbreviation is used (e.g., TV for television) but abbreviations are not used unless a speaker uses them.

9. Overlapping speech

Types ((in overlap)) before the start of the overlapping speech. Uses ((inaudible)) for speech and sounds that are completely inaudible;

When something is heard but transcriber is not certain it’s correct, a single parentheses signals the best guess or guesses as to what was said – for example (ways of life) or (ways of life/married wife)

11. Non-verbal utterances

Renders phonetically and consistently common non-verbal sounds uttered by your participants. For English-as-a-first-language speakers, these include ‘erm’, ‘er’, ‘mm’, ‘mm-hm’

13. Reported speech

Reported speech signaled with the use of inverted commas around the reported speech (e.g. … and she said ‘I think your bum does look big in that dress’ and I said ‘thanks a bunch’…)

14. Margins

Transcript is formatted using 2 inch margins on the left-hand side and 1 inch margins on the other right, top, and bottom margins

15. Line numbering

The lines in the transcript have been numbered, continuously.

16. Audibility Check

Evidences that an audibility Check Performed (e.g., Auto-transcription software errors corrected (e.g., homophones) ** Audibility checks ensure the veracity of a transcript. Perform by playing back the recording while reading the transcription, pausing the recording to improve the accuracy of the transcription. 

17. Self-Assessment

Includes a written honest self-assessment of the student’s interview performance and a statement of plans for improvement in the subsequent interview.