Monday, March 16, 2009

Feb 16, 09 (Summary of Qualitative Interviewing- Creswell)

Creswell describes Analysis of Structuring the Interview!!!

Analytic memos:

QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING: The Art of Hearing Data (Rubin)

 

-       The main questions help you make sure you are answering your research puzzle; the follow-up questions and probes ensure that you get depth, detail, vividness, richness, and nuance (p. 129).

 

-       Main questions ensure that the research problem will be thoroughly examined and that each part of a broad topic will be explored (p. 135).

Analysis of Structuring the Interview:

       1.     Depth and Detail

(Different angles on the subjects, and understand) and Detail (Solidity, evidence, clarify)

 

         2.    Vividness

(It anecdotes or examples allow the reader to picture what is being talked about and to respond not just intellectually but also emotionally. To obtain vivid reports you ask for narratives or request step-by-step descriptions of what happened. It comes from asking background questions and learning enough about the overall context to personalize your report so that you can present your interviewees as real people rather than abstractions)

         3.  Nuance

(to provide nuanced answers by wording questions (to avoid yes or no) and (continue to seek out nuance with your follow-up questions)

          4.     Richness

(Your interviews contain many ideas and different themes, often including those that you did not anticipate when you began the study. It allows depth interviewers to unravel the complexity of other peoples’ worlds.)

Main Questions, Follow-Up Questions, and Probes:

      1.     Main Questions:

(It ensures that the research problem will be thoroughly examined and that each part of a broad topic will be explored. It translates the research topic into terms that the conversational partner can relate to and discuss.)

      2.     Follow-UP Questions

 (ask additional questions to explore the particular themes, concepts, and ideas introduced by the conversational partner. It is crucial for obtaining depth and detail, and can help in obtaining more nuanced answers.)

      3.     Probes

 (Probes are techniques to keep a discussion going while providing clarification.)

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