SOCPSY 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nonprobability Sampling
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Midterm: essay format, go to course outline, the course objectives, lecture slides prime, textbook is too in-depth. Importance of personal narrative: find the other person"s story, how they tell it and what they pick out (important) Interviewer/interviewee interaction: how well the interview goes depends on this relationship. Types of interviews: structured, e. g. survey, semi-structured, e. g. flexibility, unstructured, e. g. field-research. Qualitative interviewing: researcher as research instrument, be informed, rapport. Interviewer skills: relationship, ability to think on one"s feet, take advantage of openings. Inductive research: decide on non-probability sampling technique, who, how many to interview, where to interview, keeping a record, transcribing the interview. Potential researcher biases: researcher characteristics, sex, age, ethnic or national identification, religion or philosophy of life, favourite social/psychology theory, other relevant characteristics. Interview guide: guiding list of questions, cover all relevant dimensions, anticipate needs for prompts, be comfortable with questions, order, be flexible, allow for new discourse.