SOCECOL 194W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jargon
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Certain questions are asked of all participants, but there is flexibility within each major question. There is a topic for the interview but the participant has control over the direction of the interview. You do this when you have very little data to begin with, and are exploring the whole field. You can let it go somewhere and maybe not get all the information you could have gotten. With little knowledge of the area under study, you are unable to know if the information being presented is actually true. The interview guide lists the main topics, and typically, the wording of questions that the researcher wants to ask; it also usually includes some ideas about follow-up questions (or probes). Their opinions or values - (cid:449)hat do (cid:455)ou thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out . Their feelings - ho(cid:449) do (cid:455)ou feel (cid:449)he(cid:374) . Their factual knowledge - (cid:449)hat do (cid:455)ou k(cid:374)o(cid:449) a(cid:271)out . Their sensory experiences - (cid:449)hat does it s(cid:373)ell like .
