SSH 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Group Dynamics, Social Status, Medicine Wheel

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 301
• Professor: Julie Tomiak

Document Summary

Cover the material discussed in assigned reading and lecture) Researchers use only a brief set of point to introduce topics: only thing defined is the broad topic of interest, conversational, has the flexibility of shaping and structuring the conversation, researchers control everything. Disadvantages: cannot go off topic, hard to establish any kind of sense that they"re on the same page. Researchers have a list of questions to be covered (interview guide) Interviewees are free to reply in any way they choose. Questions may be asked out of order. New questions may be devised and asked on the spot. There is a clear focus on the topic of interest. Questions are open: why, what or how questions, not asking yes or no questions. Always open to new issues that may arise. Familiarize oneself with the setting to contextualize the data. Have a good digital recorder and use it. Use a quiet and private setting for interviews.