Interview coding

Approach. J. Chem. Ed 2001, 78, 684-690 (75). The article reports two comparative studies that assess the impact of the Modular approach on students understanding, reasoning skills, and attitudes toward chemistry. The supplemental materials provide the reader with access to the conceptual tests, attitudinal surveys, and interview coding schemes. There is an abundance of methodological detail in this article that provides readers with the tools used to collect and analyze data. 

Interview with Leroy Hood by Laurie Garrett in The Dots are Almost Connected. .. Then What Mapping the Genetic Code, Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 3, 1996, p. 49. 

Interview an electrician or a building inspector who reviews the wiring in new or remodeled buildings. Ask what the codes are for the wires used and how the diameter of a wire affects its ability to safely conduct electricity. Ask to see a wiring diagram. 

Information bias (observation bias) Occurs when there are quality (accuracy) problems in the collection, recording, coding, or analysis of data among comparison groups. Interviewers might, e.g., interview the cases with more diligence than they interview the control, or a person with a disease may recall previous exposures better than persons who are healthy (this type of bias is called recall bias). 

Service providers must abide by the principle set out in Clause 15.5 of the Code that in an interview, or when seeking an appointment, reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that they do not mislead as to their identity or that of the company they represent. 

Donations to charities made by companies in return for health professionals attendance at company stands at meetings or offered as rewards for completing and returning quiz cards in mailings and suchlike are not unacceptable under this clause provided that the level of donation for each individual is modest, the money is for a reputable charity and any action required of the health professional is not inappropriate. Any donation to a charity must not constitute a payment that would otherwise be unacceptable under the Code. For example, it would not be acceptable for a representative to pay into a practice equipment fund set up as a charity as this would be a financial inducement prohibited under Clause 18.1. Donations to charities in return for representatives gaining interviews are also prohibited under Clause 15.3 of the Code. 

Appearance does count, even in today s business-casual world. Make sure to ask about the dress code when you re setting up the interview. Dress in a manner that makes you feel great. You want to exude confidence and capability. Do your homework and be prepared with questions to ask about the company. Research as much as possible regarding product line, services, markets, the competition, or whatever else you can find. It s not something that everyone does, and it helps set you apart and really shows people you are interested."... 

Turkey Must be of modest value and relevant to the professional activity of the recipient Prohibited except that certain draws of, for example, rare books at a congress may be allowed. See code Donations to institutions are not considered gifts. Donations should be limited to state-run and not-for-profit organisations Permitted, provided that they enhance patient care or benefit, are not inducements to prescribe and bear no more than the name of the company concerned Payment for attending company-sponsored meetings or time spent in interviews is not permitted Permitted with some specific conditions. See code... 

Nelson (USA) 1995 Assessment of historical exposure for a study of renal cell disease and total hydrocarbon exposure Hydrocarbons Interview data used to create standard industrial classification (SIC) and standard occupational classification (SOC) codes ppm... 

The interviews were recorded and transcribed. Qualitative data from the interviews were analysed with ATLAS.ti software that allows coding and structuring interview material for easier analysis. Quantitative information related to the 620 disposed clothing items was coded in Excel and finally analysed with SPSS software. 

Although the specific methods of analysis vary somewhat amongst die different qualitative traditions, most qualitative research designs include the concepts of coding data and inductive data analysis to develop categories. For example, after interviews are transcribed verbatim, text is segmented into phrases or sentences and given a code that labels the main idea of this chunk of text. 

Observations and interviews with architects and planners showed that women s privacy influenced the decision-making process regarding the physical form of public and urban spaces, despite the fact that building codes and regulations do not mention anything about women s privacy, as shown in the following cases ... 

When viewing the interviews, make notes on the transcripts to help you remember what someone s energy level is like, if there are problems such as flies or a microphone in the frame, or whether someone sneezes. Some portions of the interview may be usable but only as voice-over others may be useful as information only. Better to write it down once than to go back to the same bite three times in the course of the editing session because you forgot that there was a reason you didn t use it in the first place. (You re also writing down time code that corresponds to the transcript, so you can find material quickly.)... 

Open coding (Corbin and Strauss 1990, Strauss and Corbin 1990) is a strucmred way of analyzing data, leading to so-called concepts (abstract representations of phenomena that can be abstracted from the data). Open coding can be used for any kind of data, but mostly, it is applied to interview transcripts. 

The aim of the coding process is to build a theory, grounding it in observations and interviews. In order to do this, the general rule for Grounded Theory is to sample interviews and observations and strive for theoretical saturation. There are three aspects that indicate theoretical saturation (Strauss and Corbin) ... 

A separate coding was made to categorize the respondents as it turned out that their attitudes towards the risk reporting procedures not only affected their reliahihty as informants but presumably also as risk reporters. Although the attempt to create an atmosphere of trust in the interview situation by and large turned out to be successful it was evident that in some interviews the respondents were very reluctant to deviate from standard answers - even when confronted with contradictions in their own accounts. 

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