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  • 1.  Designing interview questions

    Posted 05-15-2018 19:51

    Hello everyone

     

    Some of my Masters students have asked me for information/literature/guides on how to write interview questions for research purposes. I have given them some general textbook material on designing qualitative research, but would appreciate any recommendations you may have on the topic (particularly with a practical focus). I would also appreciate any material/exercises for teaching this topic too!

     

    Thanks very much in advance,

    Sarah

     

     

    Sarah Wright, PhD, MSc(Hons), BA

    Senior Lecturer, PhD Programme Coordinator

    Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship

    University of Canterbury

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  • 2.  Designing interview questions

    Posted 05-16-2018 08:37

    Sarah,

     

    Two resources from a colleague of mine who does qualitative work are:

    Weiss, R. (1995). Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies. New York: Free

    Press.

    &

    Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing.

    California: Sage Publications.

     

    I've read the Weiss one, and it was very helpful in addressing some of the questions you mention below.

     

    Best,

     

    Matt

     

    Matt Deeg

    Ph.D student - Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

    3177 Capitol Federal Hall

    School of Business

    University of Kansas

    mattdeeg@ku.edu

     

     

     

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    Hello everyone

     

    Some of my Masters students have asked me for information/literature/guides on how to write interview questions for research purposes. I have given them some general textbook material on designing qualitative research, but would appreciate any recommendations you may have on the topic (particularly with a practical focus). I would also appreciate any material/exercises for teaching this topic too!

     

    Thanks very much in advance,

    Sarah

     

     

    Sarah Wright, PhD, MSc(Hons), BA

    Senior Lecturer, PhD Programme Coordinator

    Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship

    University of Canterbury

    Private Bag 4800

    Christchurch 8041, New Zealand

    Phone + 64 3 369 3762 ext 93762

     

     
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  • 3.  Designing interview questions

    Posted 05-17-2018 00:18

    Hi Sarah,


    The following are some of my favorite readings -- they cover best practices both for writing interview questions and for adjusting the questions as your interviews proceed:


    • Spradley, J. P. (1979). Asking descriptive questions. In The ethnographic interview (pp. 78–91). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
    • Hoffman, R. R., Shadbolt, N. R., Burton, A. M., & Klein, G. (1995). Eliciting knowledge from experts: A methodological analysis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 62(2), 129–158. https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.1995.1039
    • Seidman, I. (2006). Technique isn't everything, but it is a lot. In Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in education and the social sciences (3rd ed, pp. 78–94). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
    • Hermanowicz, J. C. (2002). The great interview: 25 strategies for studying people in bed. Qualitative Sociology, 25(4), 479–499. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021062932081
    • Wimpenny, P., & Gass, J. (2000). Interviewing in phenomenology and grounded theory: Is there a difference? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31(6), 1485–1492. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01431.x
    • Dick, H. P. (2006). What to do with "I don't know:" Elicitation in ethnographic & survey interviews. Qualitative Sociology, 29(1), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-005-9008-3

    Best,
    Ravi S. Kudesia, PhD
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    Hello everyone

     

    Some of my Masters students have asked me for information/literature/guides on how to write interview questions for research purposes. I have given them some general textbook material on designing qualitative research, but would appreciate any recommendations you may have on the topic (particularly with a practical focus). I would also appreciate any material/exercises for teaching this topic too!

     

    Thanks very much in advance,

    Sarah

     

     

    Sarah Wright, PhD, MSc(Hons), BA

    Senior Lecturer, PhD Programme Coordinator

    Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship

    University of Canterbury

    Private Bag 4800

    Christchurch 8041, New Zealand

    Phone + 64 3 369 3762 ext 93762

     

    This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments.  Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/its/email-disclaimer/ for more information.