SCS 2150 Lecture 8: SCS2150 - Lecture 8&9 – Qualitative Research
17 Oct 2016
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Scs2150 lecture 9 qualitative research: interviewing. Researcher uses brief set of points to introduce topics (a short interview guide: semi-structured/semi-standardized. Researcher has a list of questions and/or topics to be covered (long interview guide) Interviewees are free to reply in any way they choose. Questions may be asked out of order, and new questions may devised and asked on the spot. Please tell me about when your interest in x" first began? . Exclusively concern the central focus of the study follow up questions. Can you say some more about that? throw-away questions. Help develop report, set pace, change focus. Varies from very short to very long (several minutes vs several hours or days) Will depend on research project, # of questions, availability. Write down interview as soon as possible. Use a voice recorder or video recorder. Interviews w groups of unrelated people concerning a specific topic. A moderator or facilitator speaks with more than one.
