No. In fact, many researchers use a mixed method - interviews can be useful as follow-up to certain respondents to surveys, e.g., to further investigate their responses.
Yes, since the interviewer can control the quality of the result, training the interviewer becomes crucial. If more than one interviewers are involved in your study, it is important to have every interviewer understand the interviewing procedure and rehearse the interviewing process before beginning the formal study.
Conducting Interviews allow researchers to learn detailed information from individuals. It is useful when you want to learn more about indivduals who experience something first hand first or talk to someone knowledgeable about a topic. There are several different types of interviews including: face to face, phone, email, and chat.
Transcribing your audio and video content offers numerous benefits:
Several captioning and transcription services are available to members of our university community. Before choosing a service, please consider the following important notes:
When selecting a transcription service, consider the following factors:
By carefully evaluating these factors, you can choose the most appropriate transcription service for your specific needs.
Adobe Premiere - AI captioning/transcription. Free for WPI users.
Zoom* - AI captioning. Provides live captioning as well.
YouTube* - AI captioning/transcription. Free for all users. YouTube can automatically generate captions in over 100 languages
There are new AI-based services all the time, and we recommend doing a survey of the current landscape if you think the services we list here may not meet your needs.