I’m going around in circles trying to find anything on APA (7th) recommendations for formatting supplementary materials such as an interview transcript. I am a student so one of the general recommendations for a student paper is double spacing for instance, but in an interview transcript, which is over 10 pages long with single spacing, I’m afraid the document will be unnecessarily long and hard to read. Are there specific rules regarding formatting an interview transcript?
Katarzyna Joanna Mruszczyk Check APA "Appendices and Supplemental Materials", and "Quoting and Paraphrasing" for guideline details
APA 7th edition
QUOTING RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
Within the text, state that the quote is from a research participant. Protect the identity of the participants by referring to them by pseudonyms or nicknames, roles, descriptive phrases, or case numbers. For formatting, follow the same guidelines as other quotations.
One participant, “Jane”, a forty-year-old nurse from Townsville, noted that she felt “overwhelmed by the number of new cases this year.”
Note: as participants are part of original research, they are not included in the reference list
I would contact your chairperson or IRB representative and ask to be sure. They are the ones who decide what the requirements are, not APA. My requirement was 10 font, Times New Romans, single spaced. It does not matter how many pages it is, but double space would make your transcripts look like and encyclopedia.
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