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Qualitative Interviews: Approaches, Ethics, and Analysis

This chapter explores qualitative interviews, their different approaches, ethical issues, and analysis methods. It discusses the suitability of qualitative interviews for various research studies and the considerations involved in conducting them.

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Qualitative Interviews: Approaches, Ethics, and Analysis

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  1. Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  2. Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  3. Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  4. Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  5. Review questions for Chapter 12 What is a qualitative interview, how does it differ from other kinds of interview, and what different approaches to carrying out qualitative interviews exist? What kinds of research study are qualitative interviews best suited for? What does it mean to say that an interview is treated as a topic rather than a resource at the analysis stage? What kinds of ethical issues may arise in doing qualitative interviews? What consideration arise when deciding who to interview, where to interview, what to ask and how to record qualitative interviews? Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  6. Workshop and discussion exercise 1 for Chapter 12 The aim of this exercise is to produce interview data on students’ experiences of studying and thus to experience some of the problems of asking questions and understanding answers in an unstructured interview. The workshop should be divided into groups of three or four. Each group should draw up a short topic guide for unstructured interviews with other students. Focus on a specific aspect of experience (for example, reasons for coming to university, financial problems, reactions to lectures and classes) and work out some questions. Each group should choose an interviewer, an interviewee and one or two observers. The interviewer should interview the interviewee using the topic guide. The observer should write down as much as they can of what the interviewee says. Then change roles, and do another interview. Compare the two interviews and discuss what you have found out. Consider the language of the questions. What do these take for granted? How far is the interviewer sharing understandings with the interviewee? How could the interview be improved? Seale C. Researching Society and Culture. Third edition (Sage 2011) www.rscbook.co.uk

  7. Workshop and discussion exercise 2 for Chapter 12 Read the transcript of an interview with Joanna, an Australian woman interviewed for a research project concerning mothers’ experiences of child day care centres (Box 12.12). How would you characterise the relationship between interviewer and respondent? What does this interview tell us about what has happened to Joanna and her child? Construct a list of key themes relating to this and say which segments of talk illustrate each theme. What does this interview tell us about the person Joanna wants to be, and about the child that she wants Jared to be? Construct a list of key themes relating to this and say which segments of talk illustrate each theme.

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