Transcription as a Key Phase of Data Analysis in Qualitative Research: Experience from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Issue 4 (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oluwafemi, Adeagbo; Xulu, S.; Dlamini, N.; Luthuli, M.; Mhlongo, T.; Herbst, C.; Shahmanesh, M.; Seeley, J.
• Is Part Of: Field methods. Volume 33:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 417
• Page End: 423
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: Ethnology -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Anthropologie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; 306.072
• DOI: 10.1177/1525822X21989482
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1525-822X

Abstract

Transforming spoken words into written text in qualitative research is a vital step in familiarizing and immersing oneself in the data. We share a three-step approach of how data transcription facilitated an interpretative act of analysis in a study using qualitative data collection methods on the barriers and facilitators of HIV testing and treatment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.