Section outline

  • Qualitative Interviewing Practicum

    Interviews are a key source of data for qualitative research. The goal of qualitative interviewing is to elicit participants’ perspectives on a topic. The quality of the data collected in an interview is highly dependent on the interviewer’s technique. The objectives of this session are to identify interviewing skills that most effectively elicit participants’ perspectives, and to practice these skills in mock interviews.

    Faculty:  Wendy Anderson and Daniel Dohan

    Location:      Mission Hall 2108

    • Required Reading:

      Creswell Chapter 7 “Data Collection” focusing on “Interviewing” subsection (pages 163-166 in the 3rd edition)

    • Dicicco-Bloom B, Crabtree BF. The qualitative research interview. File
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    • Resources:

    • Preparation for session: Before the session, please:

      1) Think about the participants you would want to interview in a qualitative research study in your area of interest.

      2) Compose 3 questions you would most want to ask these participants in your study. These could be either individual interviews or focus groups.

      3) Name 3 challenges you have encountered in doing interviews (if you have done interviews before) or that you anticipate (if you have not done interviews before)

      Please bring these to class for discussion.