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Essentials of Qualitative Interviewing
About This Book
Karin Olson's brief, accessible guide to the principles and practices of qualitative interviewing is a welcome addition for students and novice practitioners in a wide array of fields. Interview is the most common method for gaining information in the social realm, so there are a bewildering array of techniques and strategies for conducting them. Olson outlines the various optionsâfrom formal to highly unstructured, individual and groupâand shows how and when to use each. She takes the researcher through the interview process, from design to report, and addresses key issues such as researcher standpoint, vulnerable populations, translation, and research ethics. Exercises, examples, and tables offer a convenient set of tools for understanding. This slim guide is a key resource for any research methods course.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Other Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword by Svend Brinkmann
- Preface
- Chapter 1: A Matter of Standpoint
- Chapter 2: Talking about Experience
- Chapter 3: Approaches to Data Generation
- Chapter 4: The Logistics of Interviewing
- Chapter 5: Transforming, Managing, and Analyzing Interview Data
- Chapter 6: Ethical Issues in Interviewing
- Chapter 7: Interviewing and Qualitative Research
- Appendix: Extracts from Hypothetical Interviews
- References
- Index
- About the Author