FRHD 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Research Question, Nonprobability Sampling, Jargon

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3070
• Professor: John Dwyer

Document Summary

Typical qualitative interview: beginning and end not clear. Because of all of this, qualitative interviews are most appropriate for research questions that focus on subjective (interpretive) meaning, not causal relationships. Researcher asks questions in terms of concrete stories. Friendly conversation: causal or friendly greeting often initiates conversation, no explicit goal or purpose, avoidance of repetition, expressions of interest & ignorance can be balanced, turn taking, so the encounter is balanced. Research question preparation of interview guide sample selection decide on incentives decide on interview site interview record & transcribe data. Interview guide: a list of questions a researcher wishes to address. Introducing questions: general opening questions in which the interviewee is prompted to give their account of a situation or experience. Indirect questions: questions asked to get a sense of how the interview believes other people think, behave, or feel: structuring questions: questions used to keep the interview on track or moving along.