SCS 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Semi-Structured Interview, Ethnography, Symbolic Interactionism
20 Aug 2016
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Chapter 10: Interviewing in Qualitative Research
-interview is the most widely used method
-is more open ended
-allows greater freedom to modify and add research ideas once the investigation has begun
-going off tangent is encouraged
-more flexible and personalized
-wants rich, detailed answers
-interviewee is interviewed more than once sometimes
-goal is to bring out how the interviewees interpret and make sense of issues and events
-not designed to test hypotheses
-unstructured interviews:
-small set of prompts to investigate certain topics
-mostly improv and going off subjects’ answers
-semi structured interviews:
-list of questions or topics to be covered
-similar wording is used across all individuals being interviewed
-an interview guide should:
-establish order so the interview flows well
-include questions that address the research topic
-use familiar language
-not ask leading questions
-include prompts to remind researcher to record
-practical details include:
-become familiar with the research setting
-get a tape recorder
-have the interview in a quiet place
-prepare for the interview
-make notes during it
-Kvale’s trait of an effective interviewer:
-knowledgeable
-structuring
-clear
-gentle
-sensitive
-open
-steering
-critical
-remembering
-interpreting
-balanced
-ethically sensitive
-non-judgemental
-types of questions:
-introducing
-follow up
-probing
-specifying
-direct
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Document Summary
Interview is the most widely used method. Allows greater freedom to modify and add research ideas once the investigation has begun. Interviewee is interviewed more than once sometimes. Goal is to bring out how the interviewees interpret and make sense of issues and events. Small set of prompts to investigate certain topics. Mostly improv and going off subjects" answers. List of questions or topics to be covered. Similar wording is used across all individuals being interviewed. Establish order so the interview ows well. Include questions that address the research topic. Include prompts to remind researcher to record. Have the interview in a quiet place. Vignette questions: can be asked to ground the interviewees" ideas and accounts of behaviour in particular situations. During the interview it is helpful that they are being recorded so the researcher doesn"t have to worry about writing everything down and can be fully engaged in the process.
