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MacWhinney, Brian; Snow, Catherine – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Provides critical analysis of Edwards (1992) presentation of a set of examples from the Child Language Data Exchange System as prototypes of bad transcription practice. The analysis argues that Edward's approach causes the development of an overly rigid set of principles that could stop progress in the analysis of spontaneous language samples.…
Descriptors: Coding, Computers, Criticism, Data Analysis

Davis, Kathryn A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
This article reviews basic issues of theory and method in qualitative research approaches to applied linguistics research, focusing on the ways in which qualitative research can contribute to an understanding of second-language acquisition and use. (83 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Ethnography