What are interviews used to gain? (Interviewing Methods)
Disclosure
What is normothetic research? (Interviewing Methods)
- Relating to the discovery of general laws
- Requires large samples and quantitative analysis
What is idiographic research? (Interviewing Methods)
- Relating to the study of a particular fact/process
- Small sample and qualitative analysis
What are the 5 stages required in an interview? (Interviewing Methods)
- Introduction
- Principles
- Expressing ignorance
- Piloting
- Rapport
How does transcription generally occur? (Interviewing Methods)
Coding
What is the top-down method of analysis? (Interviewing Methods)
You know what you are interested in and you orientate the interview to look for that
What is the bottom-up method of analysis? (Interviewing Methods)
Keep close to the data and ‘find’ things without preconception
What does coding data do? (Interviewing Methods)
Reduces the meaning of complex utterances
