1. Professional Interview Interview an expert in the field. An expert is someone who works in, has extensive experience in, or has been highly trained or educated in the particular field you are researching. It is not someone who just happens to know a little bit of information of the topic. Th esis: The threat and potential danger of smoking in public and second hand smoke is an issue that must be addressed through federal, state, and local legislation. Po ssible experts: legislator, small business owner, medical professional, lawyer No t experts: your brother who smokes three packs a day, your grandmother who hates the smell of cigars, the guy next store who sells cigarettes at the Circle K.

2. Setting Up the Interview Consider which of your arguments has the least amount of research support. Decide on which angle your interview will cover and who would best suit your needs. Decide on the best method for your interview: Face to face, phone, or via email. Give yourself and your interviewee ample time to schedule and respond to an interview. Explore various ways to contact an expert in the field. Internet, personal associate, phonebook, advertising, special interest groups. Set up a time and place that works best for your expert.

3. Create a list of 8-10 objective questions you could ask an expert. They must go from the most general questions about the interviewee & topic to the most specific questions regarding the topic. They must be open-ended (avoid yes or no questions). Use starters such as: Why, How, Explain, Describe… Phrase your questions so that the desired or "right" answer is not apparent to the applicant. Focus questions to address specific research needs (what argument(s) are you trying to support). All questions should be directly related to finding out about the applicant's ability to do the job, not about his or her personal life. To a small business owner: "How has the recent ban on public smoking affected your long-term business?" To a healthcare professional: "Explain a few of the many health concerns directly related to second hand smoke." To a lawyer: "Why is the ban on public smoking not directly protected by individual rights outlined in the constitution?" Interview Questions

4. Conducting the Interview Conduct a personal or phone interview, and carefully document the date, time, expert’s answers, and fill out the professional interview verification form (downloadable on English 101 website). Make sure you write down or record the interviewee’s answers to all the questions. Quote any direct quotes and paraphrase general information. Ask the easy questions first so as to make the applicant feel comfortable. If the applicant doesn't respond right away to a question, wait. Give them time, while you add to your notes. Follow up: ask the person to tell you more, to give more details. After you have asked the candidate all your questions, allow them time to ask you any questions they have about the job. Close the interview by asking the candidate if there is anything they regret saying, any answer they'd like to change, or anything they'd like to add to their previous statements.

5. Using the Interview Refer to your interview somewhere in your paper, and cite in the works cited page. Use direct quotes from the interview. "Long term business has actually been slightly better since the state's ban on public smoking. The increase in more health conscious customers has more than made up for the loss of smokers" says bar and grill owner Peter Pouralot. Paraphrase information from the interview. According to civil rights lawyer Lucy Lawsuit the constitution does not specifically protect behavior that is proven to be a potential danger to the general public. Use any facts or statistics brought up in the interview. A ccording to Tom Straightstitch, a surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital, 25% of his cancer patients could have been saved if they had not been exposed to second-hand smoke over a period of years (Straightstitch).

6. Research Survey For the purposes of this paper, a credible survey sample must consist of at least 100 original responses. To maintain reliability standards the survey must be administered to all samples within a two week period. All responses should be anonymous. The survey method must be identical for all responses. The sample group must be identified and random. Make sure your objective and instructions are well-stated and clear.

7. Types of Survey Questions Either/Or questions: yes or no; agree or disagree; right or wrong Likert-Scale questions: on a scale from 1 to 10; always, sometimes, never; Not very important - very important Choose one answer questions or multiple choice Ordinal questions: List a number of possible responses and have respondent list all possible answers in order of impact or importance Open-ended questions: Short answer responses Categorical questions: male/female, age, nationality Numerical questions: age, grade, height, weight

8. Ways to Survey Focus group: select a particular demographic Random: anyone Electronic surveys: survey monkey, zoomerang

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