note-writing-instructions - Internews

NOTES: SECTIONS1. Interview Code: Location - Date - Interview # - Type of Interaction - Sex - Description• INT: Interview• ST: Service Trial• OBS: Observation• SHA: Shadowing2. Interviewee: Basic description: Age, gender, profession, economic class, family, otherdemographic indicators. To help us and you remember this interview.3. Location: Where the interview took place.4. Observations: General impressions about the respondent or environment, especially factorsthat may impact how we interpret the responses. (eg. Were there other people around? Didthey seem nervous?)5. Theme: Key theme or topic of the research, as well as new themes that may emerge over yourfieldwork. Feel free to create new sub-themes.6. Notes: Documentation of what respondent said in relation to theme. These should be justplain notes based on what they said. Do not include any analysis based on what you think.7. Quote: Exact quotes (word-for-word) on what respondent said in relation to theme. The rightquote can be very revealing. (Consider including anything that was particularly surprising,interesting, or new to you.)8. Analysis: Your own interpretation or analysis of the the notes or quote. (Think about: Is theredeeper meaning? Is there inaccuracy? Is there something else we should know?)