Interviewing Flashcards
1
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How can qualitative research help quantitative research?
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- qualitative research can help quantitative researchers to generate new and interesting research questions and hypotheses
2
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What is interviewing?
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- method of data generation and collection
- considered a professional conversation - Kvale 1996
3
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What are structured interviews?
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- set of schedule questions which you can’t deviate from
- each participant receives exactly same question
- NOT common in qualitative data collection
4
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What are unstructured interviews?
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- interviewer uses at most ‘aide memoir’ - notes to jog memory
- more like a conversation
- open ended questions- difficult to carry out as needs experienced interviewer
5
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What are semi-structured interviews?
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- most common for collecting qualitative data
-cover duration of 30 min to no more than an hour - based on semi-structured interview guide
- flexible while maintaining research guidelines
6
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What is a semi-structured interview guide?
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schematic presentation of questions to be explored by interviewer
7
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How to prepare for a semi-structured interview?
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- understand topic
- develop outline of questions you are going to ask
- be able to use all recording equipment correctly
8
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How to construct interview guide?
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- lists the questions or issues that are to be explored
- should be open ended
- start with warm up question- builds rapport - build confidence and trust
- questions should be simple
9
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What are follow up questions when constructing an interview guide?
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-prompt and probe
- when answers are vague or want to obtain more specific or in-depth information
10
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What are open and closing questions when constructing an interview guide?
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- good practice to orient the participants to the interview at the beginning eg say who you are
- at the end of interview- is there anything you’d like to add?
11
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What will a good interviewer be?
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- be completely engaged
- demonstrate they are listening
- don’t be afraid of silence
- multi-tasking
