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Interviewing for social scientists : an introductory resource with examples / Hilary Arksey and Peter Knight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1999Description: xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 076195869X
  • 9780761958697
  • 0761958703
  • 9780761958703
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.723 21
LOC classification:
  • H61.28 .A75 1999
  • HM526 .A75 1999
Contents:
List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Interviews and Research in the Social Sciences -- 2. Triangulation in Data Collection -- 3. Why Interviews? -- 4. Designing an Interview-Based Study -- 5. Feasibility and Flexibility -- 6. Approaches to Interviewing -- 7. Achieving a Successful Interview -- 8. Interviewing in Specialized Contexts -- 9. Protecting Rights and Welfare -- 10. Transcribing the Data -- 11. Meanings and Data Analysis -- 12. Writing the Report, Disseminating the Findings -- Appendix. An Interview Research Checklist -- References -- Index.
Summary: This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of interviewing as a research method. Illustrated with relevant and international examples, each chapter includes the pros and cons of the approaches discussed.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.

List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Interviews and Research in the Social Sciences -- 2. Triangulation in Data Collection -- 3. Why Interviews? -- 4. Designing an Interview-Based Study -- 5. Feasibility and Flexibility -- 6. Approaches to Interviewing -- 7. Achieving a Successful Interview -- 8. Interviewing in Specialized Contexts -- 9. Protecting Rights and Welfare -- 10. Transcribing the Data -- 11. Meanings and Data Analysis -- 12. Writing the Report, Disseminating the Findings -- Appendix. An Interview Research Checklist -- References -- Index.

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of interviewing as a research method. Illustrated with relevant and international examples, each chapter includes the pros and cons of the approaches discussed.

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