SSH 301 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unstructured Interview, Focus Group, Ethnography

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 301
• Professor: Tammy George

Document Summary

Qualitative interviewing - less structured, more likely to evolve as a natural conversation. Often conducted in the form of respondents narrating their personal experiences or life histories. Can be part of ethnography or stand alone. Greater interest in the interviewee"s perspectives and concerns. Researchers uses a brief set of points to introduce topics. Only thing defined is the broad topic of interest. Researcher has a list of questions or topics to be covered. Questions may be asked out of order. New questions can be asked on the spot. Clear focus of the topic of interest. Always open to new issues that may arise. Establish some degree of loose order to the questioning process. Broad questions related to the research issues. Prompts to ensure sufficient personal information about the participant is collected to contextualize the data. Please tell me about when your interest in x first began . Rephrase interviewee"s answer and ask to elaborate.