Doing Interviews
September 2018 | 208 pages | Sage UK
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This is a concise introduction to the richness and scope of interviewing in social science research, teaching the craft of interview research with practical, hands-on guidance.  Incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview-based research and the different approaches to reading the data, this book will help you to navigate the broad field of qualitative research with confidence and get out there and start collecting your data.

Contents

1. Introduction to interview research

1. Introduction to interview research

2. Epistemological issues of interviewing

2. Epistemological issues of interviewing

3. Ethical issues of interviewing

3. Ethical issues of interviewing

4. Planning an interview study

4. Planning an interview study

5. Conducting an interview

5. Conducting an interview

6. Interview variations

6. Interview variations

7. Interview quality

7. Interview quality

8. Transcribing interviews

8. Transcribing interviews

9. Analyzing interviews

9. Analyzing interviews

10. Validation and generalization of interview knowledge

10. Validation and generalization of interview knowledge

11. Reporting interview knowledge

11. Reporting interview knowledge

12. Enhancing interview quality

12. Enhancing interview quality

Description

This is a concise introduction to the richness and scope of interviewing in social science research, teaching the craft of interview research with practical, hands-on guidance.  Incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview-based research and the different approaches to reading the data, this book will help you to navigate the broad field of qualitative research with confidence and get out there and start collecting your data.

Contents

1. Introduction to interview research

1. Introduction to interview research

2. Epistemological issues of interviewing

2. Epistemological issues of interviewing

3. Ethical issues of interviewing

3. Ethical issues of interviewing

4. Planning an interview study

4. Planning an interview study

5. Conducting an interview

5. Conducting an interview

6. Interview variations

6. Interview variations

7. Interview quality

7. Interview quality

8. Transcribing interviews

8. Transcribing interviews

9. Analyzing interviews

9. Analyzing interviews

10. Validation and generalization of interview knowledge

10. Validation and generalization of interview knowledge

11. Reporting interview knowledge

11. Reporting interview knowledge

12. Enhancing interview quality

12. Enhancing interview quality

September 2018 | 208 pages | Sage UK

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Paperback 31/03/2026 9781473912953 $86.00

This is a concise introduction to the richness and scope of interviewing in social science research, teaching the craft of interview research with practical, hands-on guidance.  Incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview-based research and the different approaches to reading the data, this book will help you to navigate the broad field of qualitative research with confidence and get out there and start collecting your data.


Table Of Contents:

  • 1. Introduction to interview research
  • 2. Epistemological issues of interviewing
  • 3. Ethical issues of interviewing
  • 4. Planning an interview study
  • 5. Conducting an interview
  • 6. Interview variations
  • 7. Interview quality
  • 8. Transcribing interviews
  • 9. Analyzing interviews
  • 10. Validation and generalization of interview knowledge
  • 11. Reporting interview knowledge
  • 12. Enhancing interview quality

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