Interviews in Qualitative Research
- Nigel King - University of Huddersfield, UK
- Christine Horrocks - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Joanna Brooks - University of Manchester, UK
This dynamic user-focused book will help you to get the data you want from your interviews. It provides practical guidance regarding technique, gives top-tips from real world case studies and shares achievable checklists and interview plans.
Whether you are doing interviews in your own research or just using other researchers’ data, this book will tell you everything you need to know about designing, planning, conducting and analyzing quality interviews. It explains how to:
- Construct ethical research designs
- Record and manage your data
- Transcribe your notes
- Analyse your findings
- Disseminate your conclusions
Written using clear, jargon-free terminology and with coverage of practical, theoretical and philosophical issues all grounded in examples from real interviews, this is the ideal guide for new and experienced researchers alike.
Nigel King is Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Huddersfield.
Christine Horrocks is Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Joanna Brooks is Lecturer in the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology at the University of Manchester.
The book besides having a general basic introduction text; generally does not cover my syllabus, and there are various other topics that I am planning to include in the course not presented in this book.
A practical, detailed and comprehensive account of interviewing processes.
A practical, detailed and comprehensive account of interviewing processes.
A practical, detailed and comprehensive account of interviewing processes.
A practical, detailed and comprehensive account of interviewing processes.
This book is useful for those students undertaking qualitative research, helping them to identify areas that they can gather useful data from.
excellent addition to current literature on the subject
Useful explanation of the planning and process necessary.
An essential text in the field that deals exclusively with the primary data gathering approach in qualitative research. This provides key insight into best practice and pitfalls within the scope of field work and methodological requirements.
This book has been revised to meet the needs of students and it offers 'get started', 'in depth', 'hands on', and 'explore further' advice for conducting qualitative interviews and analysing them.