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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arksey, Hilary.

Contributor:

Knight, Peter T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interviewing in sociology.

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 1999.

Summary:

At last a no-nonsense, comprehensive and authoritative introduction to interviewing. Interviewing for Social Scientists covers all of the issues that arise in interview work: from theories of interviewing through to design, application and interpretation. This book furnishes the reader with all they need to know about the interview process. Richly illustrated with relevant examples, it guides them through all of the essential issues relating to the principles and practices of interviewing. Each chapter includes handy statements of 'advantages' and 'disadvantages'. The book is also equipped with an interview checklist which is designed to help readers find practical solutions to every dilemma in interview work imaginable. Social scientists have been waiting a long time for an interviewer's bible. Interviewing for Social Scientists is that book. It will become a landmark work for undergraduates, teachers and practitioners of research methods.

Contents:

1 Interviews and Research in the Social Sciences 1

2 Triangulation in Data Collection 21

3 Why Interviews? 32

4 Designing an Interview-Based Study 43

5 Feasibility and Flexibility 60

6 Approaches to Interviewing 74

7 Achieving a Successful Interview 89

8 Interviewing in Specialized Contexts 109

9 Protecting Rights and Welfare 126

10 Transcribing the Data 141

11 Meanings and Data Analysis 149

12 Writing the Report, Disseminating the Findings 174.

ISBN:

076195869X

0761958703

OCLC:

44861242