Research interviewing : the range of techniques / Bill Gillham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillham, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Interviewing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press, 2005.

Summary:

The robust, real-world approach makes this book appropriate for practitioner researchers and postgraduate students up to PhD level. Covers distance and face-to-face interviewing, from the un-structured and naturalistic to the highly structured, focused and time-efficient. Emphasis is placed on using the most appropriate methods for the research purpose and how to identify which method is practicable. Based on over thirty years of teaching and supervising research and postgraduate students, the author anticipates questions and difficulties at a level of practical detail. Practical and easy to u

Discussing what research interviewing is, what techniques are used, and how interview data is analysed and written up, this work covers distance and face-to-face interviewing, from the un-structured and naturalistic to the highly structured, focused and time-efficient.

Contents:

pt. 1. Principles and practice

pt. 2. Face to face methods

pt. 3. Distance methods

pt. 4. Analysis and interpretation of content.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-170) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-95375-6

9786610953752

0-335-22513-6

OCLC:

437176836