7. Interviewing

Question 1

What are interviews used to gain? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 1

Disclosure

Question 2

What is normothetic research? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 2

• Relating to the discovery of general laws

- Requires large samples and quantitative analysis

Question 3

What is idiographic research? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 3

• Relating to the study of a particular fact/process

- Small sample and qualitative analysis

Question 4

What are the 5 stages required in an interview? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 4

• Introduction
• Principles
• Expressing ignorance
• Piloting
• Rapport

Question 5

How does transcription generally occur? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 5

Coding

Question 6

What is the top-down method of analysis? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 6

You know what you are interested in and you orientate the interview to look for that

Question 7

What is the bottom-up method of analysis? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 7

Keep close to the data and ‘find’ things without preconception

Question 8

What does coding data do? (Interviewing Methods)

Answer 8

Reduces the meaning of complex utterances