Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples / Edition 1

Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0761958703
ISBN-13:
9780761958703
Pub. Date:
10/25/1999
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
0761958703
ISBN-13:
9780761958703
Pub. Date:
10/25/1999
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples / Edition 1

Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples / Edition 1

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Overview

‘This is an excellent book. It will be required reading on my methods courses' - Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey

Students at postgraduate, and increasingly at undergraduate, level are required to undertake research projects and interviewing is the most frequently used research method. This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to interviewing. It covers all the issues that arise in interview work: theories of interviewing; design; application; and interpretation. Richly illustrated with relevant examples, each chapter includes handy statements of ‘advantages' and ‘disadvantages' of the approaches discussed.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761958703
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 10/25/1999
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hilary Arksey worked in SPRU for many years, building up a reputation in research into informal care and carers needs. She led on this work in the Unit. It took her to many interesting places around the world where her experience and knowledge in this field helped to spread good practice and research collaborations. She retired from SPRU in 2010.
Social Policy Research Interests

    Informal care
    Carers, disability and employment
    Qualitative research methods


Dr. Peter T. Knight has worked. in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK, since 1990. He was previously the Head of the Department of History at St. Martin's College of Higher Education, Lancaster, UK.

Table of Contents

Interviews and Research in the Social Sciences
Triangulation in Data Collection
Why Interviews?
Designing an Interview-Based Study
Feasibility and Flexibility
Approaches to Interviewing
Achieving a Successful Interview
Interviewing in Specialised Contexts
Protecting Rights and Welfare
Transcribing the Data
Meanings and Data Analysis
Writing the Report, Disseminating the Findings
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