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Initial Contact Someone needs to call the person being interviewed to set up a time and place to conduct the interview.
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Interviewer This person will ask the questions
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Person responsible for taping or for videotaping This person will need to
- Make sure all equipment works before you go
- Make sure you have all equipment when you go to the interview
- Be sure a blank tape is available for use
- Affix microphones to the person being interviewed
- Tape a few words and play it back to be sure that volume is loud enough.
- If more than one tape is necessary, change when appropriate
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Note Taker Sometimes it is helpful to keep notes of important points that the interviewer has made.
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Timekeeper This person makes sure that the group completes the tasks when assigned.
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Transcriber If the tape is going to be transcribed, someone needs to be responsible for the actual transcription.
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Editor Whether text or tape are being used, one or more team members must be responsible for editing the interview.
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Disseminator One team member needs to make sure both the edited form of the interview and the original tapes are given to the teacher (who will see that they are stored in the predetermined location).
