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i know there's a lot of jargon, but some of these are self-explanatory.
Dear research-people senior to me:
Okay, I know there are sound files. Trust me, I know -- I spent months and months transcribing them. So there are also transcripts. There are also, don't forget, notes that you took during the interviews. That's especially helpful, because in some cases either the subjects refused to be audio-recorded or the recorder just crapped out (whether you realized it or not), so sometimes the notes are all we've got. I've helpfully named the documents using the same conventions for all three types of file, Name.mp3 for audio; Name-transcript-xxx.doc for transcripts, where xxx is the initials of whoever did the transcribing; and Name-XX-recyes.doc for notes, where XX is your initials, whichever of you took the notes, and the final tag is "recyes" if there is a recording and "recno" if there isn't.
So why, why, why, please, are you telling me you've looked everywhere and can't find the transcripts for an interview whose notes file has "recno" in its name? No recording, no transcript, right? That's not even complex logic.
sigh,
Fox
Okay, I know there are sound files. Trust me, I know -- I spent months and months transcribing them. So there are also transcripts. There are also, don't forget, notes that you took during the interviews. That's especially helpful, because in some cases either the subjects refused to be audio-recorded or the recorder just crapped out (whether you realized it or not), so sometimes the notes are all we've got. I've helpfully named the documents using the same conventions for all three types of file, Name.mp3 for audio; Name-transcript-xxx.doc for transcripts, where xxx is the initials of whoever did the transcribing; and Name-XX-recyes.doc for notes, where XX is your initials, whichever of you took the notes, and the final tag is "recyes" if there is a recording and "recno" if there isn't.
So why, why, why, please, are you telling me you've looked everywhere and can't find the transcripts for an interview whose notes file has "recno" in its name? No recording, no transcript, right? That's not even complex logic.
sigh,
Fox