SOCC31H3 Chapter Notes -Face Validity, The Technique, Focus Group
28 Oct 2012
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Qualitative interviews allow the researcher to pursue issues and topics in greater depth. In-depth-interview studies- used to signify research designs where qualitative interview is the primary means of data gathering. Focus group interview method- when a number of people are brought together in a lab-type setting to be interviewed together as a group. Oral history method- in depth interviews that focus of recollections of the past. Patton says; depth interviewing involves asking open-ended questions, listening and recording the answers and then following up with additional relevant questions. Because qualitative interviewing in so much like normal conversation, you must keep reminding yourself that you are not having a normal conversation. Signifies the method of using the qualitative interview as the primary means by which the researcher gathers data for his or her study. Mirna carranza (2007) conducted 32 qualitative in-depth interviews about salvadorian mothers and daughters settling in canada and resisting racism and prejudice.
