The Interview
Types of interviews Structured interview detailed interview guide easier to analyze, code, and compare data too rigid for some purposes Semi-structured interview researcher not testing specific hypothesis, but exploring key themes, issues, and questions interview guide can still be used (loosely) Unstructured interview no interview guide, very casual useful when little or no knowledge exists on a topic Non-directive interview no topic, no planned questions, but interviewer has objectives Interviewer’s goal is to understand way interviewee wants to express psychotherapy
Interview as research Ethnography Anthropology Qualitative research Oral history Advantages and disadvantages Personal insights and recollections, topics explored in depth, rich data Interviewer error or bias, time consuming, costly
Conducting your interview pt. 1 Choose someone whose story you’re interested in Arrange for interview in quiet, semi-private location Collect consent Do some research beforehand Social, political, etc. circumstances of their migration? Did these factors affect them? Use a loose interview guide, and a script for beginning and end
Conducting your interview pt. 2 Tape record Ask open-ended questions Start with basic, easy questions, then move to deeper questions “Tell me about…” is a good sentence starter
Transcribing your interview Editing The edited transcript should reflect the text of the interview as clearly as possible Does not need to be a complete transcription Undecipherable words Brackets Not necessary to correct non-standard grammar- but can leave out false starts, stumbles, etc.
References Journal/bod/Annabel.pdf Journal/bod/Annabel.pdf b.pdf b.pdf ry/ohtranscribing.pdf ry/ohtranscribing.pdf pdf/ProConInt.pdf pdf/ProConInt.pdf