Interviews are commonplace in HCI. This paper presents a novel documentary method of interpretation that supports analysis of the topics contained within a collection of transcripts, topics that are endogenous to it and which elaborate participants collective reasoning about issues of relevance to research. We contrast endogenous topic analysis with established qualitative approaches, including content analysis, grounded theory, interpretative phenomenological analysis, and thematic analysis, to draw out the distinctive character of the documentary method of interpretation. Unlike established methods, the DMI does not require that the analyst be proficient in qualitative analysis, or have sound knowledge of underlying theories and methods. The DMI is a members method, not a social science method, that relies on mastery of natural language; a competence most people possess.

翻译：访谈在人机交互领域十分常见。本文提出了一种新颖的解释性文献方法，支持对转录文本集合中所包含的主题进行分析——这些主题内生于文本集合本身，并阐释了参与者对研究相关议题的集体推理逻辑。我们将内生主题分析与既有的定性研究方法（包括内容分析、扎根理论、解释现象学分析和主题分析）进行对比，以阐明解释性文献方法的独特性质。与既有方法不同，DMI不要求分析者精通定性分析技术，也不要求其具备扎实的基础理论与方法知识。DMI是一种成员方法而非社会科学方法，其依赖于对自然语言的掌握——这是大多数人具备的能力。