
Doing Interviews
Steinar Kvale(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7619-4977-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Interviewing is an invaluable tool for the qualitative researcher. Steinar Kvale provides coverage of both the theoretical background and the practical aspects of the interview process, incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview based research and the different approaches to reading the data. Consideration is also given to the crucial issue of how to ensure scientific rigour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-4977-0 (9780761949770)
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Person
Steinar Kvale (1938-2008) was professor of educational psychology and director of the Centre of Qualitative Research at the University of Aarhus, and adjunct faculty at Saybrook Institute, San Francisco. He was born in Norway and graduated from the University of Oslo. He continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg with an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship and was a visiting professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and West Georgia University, Carrolton, and the University of Bergen. His long-term concern was with the implications of such continental philosophies as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectics for psychology and education.
Content
Introduction to Interview Research
Epistemological Issues of Interviewing
Ethical Issues of Interviewing
Planning an Interview Study
Conducting an Interview
Interview Variations
Interview Quality
Transcribing Interviews
Analysing Interviews
Validation and Generalisation of Interview Knowledge
Reporting Interview Knowledge
Enhancing Interview Quality
Epistemological Issues of Interviewing
Ethical Issues of Interviewing
Planning an Interview Study
Conducting an Interview
Interview Variations
Interview Quality
Transcribing Interviews
Analysing Interviews
Validation and Generalisation of Interview Knowledge
Reporting Interview Knowledge
Enhancing Interview Quality