Best Practices In Interviewing

Provide additional recommendations on how data should be processed and how an interview should flow to create the opportunity to produce quality data.

PLEASE USE REQUIRED READINGS AND CITATIONS. THANK YOU

Required Readings

Saldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding” (pp. 1–42) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)

Chapter 2, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 43–65) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 5, “Methods of Data Collection” (pp. 145–183)

Chapter 7, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 215–236) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)

Chapter 8, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis” (pp. 237–270) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 6, “Conversational Partnerships” (pp. 71–93)

Chapter 7, “The Responsive Interview as an Extended Conversation” (pp. 95–114)

Chapter 8, “Structure of the Responsive Interview” (pp. 115–129)

Chapter 9, “Designing Main Questions and Probes” (pp. 131–147)

Chapter 10, “Preparing Follow-Up Questions” (pp. 149–169)