Basics of interviewing Flashcards
What does the type of interviewing depend on?
The interview type is based on: the count of people, the planning involved, the abilities judged, the facilities/settings, the task
What can you study through interviews?
Experiences, perspectives, feelings, knowledge, behavior
What is the process of interviewing in qualitative research?
Planning, questions, analysis, reflection
What are characteristics of interviewing in qualitative research?
- Recruitment/selection
- Preparation with interview guide
- Listening: assessing if you gathered all info needed
- Introduction: what is the research about, who you are, your bakcground, estimated length, anonymity/confidentiality, recording
- Closing: anything to add, have questions, contact if questions
- Attitude: distance/closeness, eye contact, experession, tone/volume
What are tips to create a good research question?
1) Stick to one or two research questions
2) Open, brief, concise, clear
3) Qualitative words: experence, behavior, perceptions, attitude
4) Avoid quantitative words: influence, effect, determine, extent
5) Specific study participants and setting
What can you find in a research plan?
Statement of problen, RQ, relevance, review of literature, methods
What do you need to think before preparing an interview guide?
- Determine the question type
- Determine the sequence of questions
- Prepare an introduction and a closing
- Formulate brief intro for each question
What are tips for the interview guide?
1) Use script at beginning and end of the interview
2) Questions should be open-ended
3) Start with asking basic background data to build trust
4) Begin with easy and end with more difficult/controversial questions
5) Use probes after the broader questions
What do you need to keep in mind when conducting interviews?
6 rules
- Introduce yourself and study
- Active listening
- Observing non-verbal and verbal cues
- Patience
- Flexibility
- Fieldnotes and audiotape
What are tips for conducting interviews?
- Arrange to interview in a quiet, semi-private placec
- Block off plenty of uninterrupted time
- Start with script
- First question is general, open-ended, clear
- Take brief notes to maintain eye contact
- Ask as few questions as possible (interviewee should do talking)
- End with script
- Have genuine care, concern, interest for the person
- Use basic counseling skills to help feeling heard
- Keep it focused but also listen to ask probes for additional info
- Respect the pace and do not be afraid of pauses
- Refrain from suggesting answers
What is the difference between structured and semi-structured interviews?
Structured interviews have all questions and their order completely fixed, like an oral questionnaire
Semi-structured interviews: have main questions and their order fixed but deviations are possible
What is a good interview question?
It has a suitable intro, is concise as possible, is understood by the interviewee, tackles one topic at a time, is open and neutral
What are common pitfalls?
1) Being too easily statisfied with an answer
2) No introduction of new questions
3) Long, complex, closed, leading questions
4) Wanting to impress the interviewee with your knowledge
5) Not wanting to appear uninformed
What are the main steps before interviewing?
- Developing a sampling strategy
- Writing an in-depth interview guide
- Conducting the interviews
What are probes?
Follow-up questions designed to explore specific aspects of an issue
