1. Interviewing Protocol

2. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Action Research collaborative inquiry
Autoethnography self-reflection
Case Study detailed description of a single instance
Ethnography field observation
Grounded Theory emergent coding
Hermeneutics meaning of text
Heuristic composite story
Narrative voice
Phenomenology lived experience
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

3. Method, Data Collection & Analysis
Research Method
Privileged
Way of Knowing
Date Collection
Data Analysis
By Method
Open ended qualitative
Life in context
Open ended qualitative interviews
Themes: Content Analysis
(Categorical, Holistic)
Narrative
Voice
Composite Stories
Phenomenology
Experience
Themes :Iterative Analysis
Heuristic
Interaction
PAR
Participant Action Research
Participation
Co-inquiry
Organic
(postmodern)
Collaboration
(the researcher is not separate)
Group response
Ethnography
Observation
Themes

4. Settling In Example Lanier, M.H. Can you tell me…..
What kind of work do you do?
Your job responsibilities?
What is our position
Settling In

5. Opening the Unconscious
Tell me about…….
Jensen, L. M.
Tell me a story about a day you recently with your children or your family.
Opening the Unconscious

6. Common Errors Using conceptual language in questions
Not being open ended
Not bracketing researcher bias
Not trusting the process
Common Errors

7. Screening Demographics
Example (Anding, J. M.)
Date of Birth
• Birthplace
• Ethnicity
• Education
• First-Generation College Student
• Relationship Status
Children
• Siblings
• Primary Breadwinner Status
Screening Demographics

8. Basic Pointers Purposes: Screening Demographics
Open Ended Interviews
Eliciting the Story, Opening the Unconscious & Memory Bank
Warm Up
Present Tense
Questions, prompts
Avoid theoretical, academic
language
“Think of a time….”
“Tell me about a time….”
Qualities of effective qualitative interviews
Rich description, Voice
Authenticity, Resonance
Interviewer stance
Bracket, practice, clarify role
Expect emotions, journal
Basic Pointers