Deare W.R.Bytheway
I'm not back in the UK until Mid MAy and do can't really take part in this
discussion just yet but would like to remain on the discussion list.
Jenny Shaw
>From: "W.R.Bytheway" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: A discussion and announcement list for the Mass-Observation
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>Subject: Analysing massobs material
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:11:01 -0000
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>I'm interested in engaging in a discussion about the practicalities (and
>the consequential theoretical implications) of analysing massobs
>material. I've started abstracting passages from the responses of about
>50 correspondents to three directives and am making decisions 'on the
>hoof' about how to transcribe 'errors', ambiguous punctuation,
>indecipherable handwriting, etc. If other researchers are having the
>same problems, perhaps a bit of standardisation would be helpful?
>Bill Bytheway
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