Tape Recorded Research: Some Field and Data Processing Problems

Tape recorders are being used with ever increasing frequency in the investigation of a wide variety of social scientific problems. Sociologists, public opinion specialists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, linguists, social and clinical psychologists, family counselors, and social workers have report...

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Published in:Public opinion quarterly 1956-07, Vol.20 (2), p.427-439
Main Authors: Bucher, Rue, Fritz, Charles E., Quarantelli, E. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data transcription
Field research
Fieldwork
Methodological Problems
Microphones
Nondirective interviews
Observational research
Public opinion
Recorded interviews
Recordings
Sociological Research
Tape recorders
Typescripts
Typing service
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Summary:Tape recorders are being used with ever increasing frequency in the investigation of a wide variety of social scientific problems. Sociologists, public opinion specialists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, linguists, social and clinical psychologists, family counselors, and social workers have reported the use of electronic and mechanical recording devices in their work. In the past, however, the employment of recorders was confined primarily to the clinical or counseling situation; only recent years have witnessed a rapid expansion of their use in field research. In this article the authors describe some of the problems involved in using recorders in the field and make suggestions based on their four-year experiences in using the machines on the Disaster Project of the National Opinion Research Center.
ISSN:0033-362X
1537-5331
DOI:10.1086/266639