Do Your Interviews

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

Online course : (5 hr.)

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publishing 2022

Summary:

This course guides you through the planning and development of research interviews, from choosing the most suitable interview approach, writing strong questions and preparing the interview with participants. It is a practical, hands-on course to help capture in-depth research data. This course will help learners to: • Recognize when to use research interviews, which type is best for their purpose and when they are not suitable • Learn about the ethical issues that are raised by research interviewing and how to address them in practice • Understand how and why they need to make questions easy for interviewees, and how to apply strategies to care for them • Formulate a plan to carry out their interviews checking the quality of the questions • Choose the best method to capture data and know what to do when things go wrong • Conduct themselves correctly during an interview and care for their data. MODULE ONE: THE PROS AND CONS OF USING INTERVIEWS IN RESEARCH 1. Choosing your methods 2. The purpose of interviews 3. Deciding what type of interview to do 4. Choosing an interview method 5. Interview formats and logistics 6. Mixing your methods MODULE TWO: ETHICAL ISSUES WHEN USING INTERVIEWS IN RESEARCH 1. Ethical issues before the interview 2. Ethical issues during the interview 3. Ethical issues after the interview MODULE THREE: WRITING GOOD INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Making questions easy to answer 2. Writing your own interview questions 3. How to check your questions are good MODULE FOUR: THE LOGISTICS OF DOING INTERVIEWS 1. Finding people to interview 2. Choosing a place 3. How to capture data MODULE FIVE: WHAT MAKES AN INTERVIEW GO WELL? 1. Beginnings and endings 2. Interviewer behavior: the bad 3. Interviewer behavior: the good 4. Sticky situations MODULE SIX: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 1. Care for yourself 2. Care for your data 3. When things go wrong

ISBN:

1-5297-9338-6

OCLC:

1304259274