Checklist
Checklist for editing interview quotes
Clean up quotes for a report without changing what people meant
Eight checks to run before an interview quote goes into a research report, deck or case study. They keep light edits for readability honest: cuts and additions are marked, separate answers are never joined and hedges that carry meaning stay in. It suits researchers, designers and product managers who share findings. Koji ties every quote in its analysis to the participant's exact words in the transcript, so the original is always one click away.
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What's in this checklist
- Edit a copy, never the transcript you analysed
- Mark every cut with an ellipsis
- Put any words you add in square brackets
- Never join answers from different parts of the interview
- Keep hedges that carry meaning, like probably
- Keep the participant's own terms, not your product's
- Note your editing rules in the method section
- Ask whether the edit would surprise the participant
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