Interview Techniques in Qualitative Research: Concerns and Challenges

Abstract

highlight some particularly challenging aspects of qualitative research interviewing, which, to date, have received little attention in the methodological literature / throughout this chapter, the rather generic "qualitative research" will be used to refer to grounded theory, ethnomethodologic, ethnographic, ethnoscientific, and phenomenologic research, and important differences between these types will be noted when appropriate precise description of interview procedures / the problem of interview structure / adjusting the interview process / "getting the story": balancing flexibility and consistency topic interviewing as interpersonal communication [topic control, logging the data] / ethical issues in interviewing (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) TS - RIS