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HDFS 503: Research Methods:
Qualitative Methods: Interviews
April 22, 2002
Susan Hegland
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Evaluation research
• Complete pp. 16 - 19 in Handbook
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Presentations
Review for exam April 24
I’m out of town April 22 - 28
§ May 1: present your study; turn in your paper
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Typical overheads
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§ Note requirements for handout;
include references
§ 12 to 15 minutes per presentation
§ Typically: 2 minutes per overhead
§ Divide responsibilities
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Consider controls for alternative hypotheses
Discuss strategies in content analysis
Solve problems in qualitative analyses
Review interview techniques
Next week: April 17
practice and time presentation!
§ Font size at least 20 points
§ Powerpoint fine: bring disk
Background
Hypotheses
Participants
Instruments & Procedure
Results
Discussion
Graph/Chart of findings (if appropriate)
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Interviews
Potential problems in analyses
Multicollinearity problems:
§ Income and marital status
§ Income and depression
§ Teen parent status and income
Options
§ Choose only one of two highly correlated variables
§ Use multiple risk model
Recode inr (lo thru 1.0 = 1)(1.01 thru hi = 0) into riskincm.
Recode primpc (lo thru 18 = 1) (19 thru hi = 0) into riskage.
Count risks = riskincm riskage (1).
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§ Consider dress--how professional? How casual?
§ Consider which chair to sit in (hard!!)
§ Consider opening statement:
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“We would like…” “I’m from Iowa State…Ames
Schools….”
§ Consider opening question--NOT demographic
§ Consider individual vs group interview
§ Consider open-ended vs closed-ended questions
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begin with open
closed in the middle
open at the end
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Practice your response to statements
§ Check to see
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what you’re reinforcing
what you’re discouraging
§ How do you cue respondent as to what you’re
interested in?
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Verbal responses?
Non-verbal responses?
§ When interview goes on too long, how do you
terminate?
§ Record verbatim
§ Read back to see if you’re recording accurately
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encourage silent observer
discourage monopolizing speaker
recording and facilitating
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§ Parent, interviewer, trainer
§ Your child’s adjustment to school (p. 26)
Specialized group interviews
Small (7 to 10 persons)
Homogeneous composition
Circular seating
Broad questions initially
Efficient ways to collect information
Challenges:
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Avoid questions with yes/no responses
Avoid overuse of probes:
§ Repeat question: give expectant pause
§ Repeat, summarize, or reflect the feeling tone of
the reply
§ “Anything else”
§ “How do you mean?”
§ “Could you tell me more about it?”
§ “I’m not sure I know what you mean by that.”
§ “Could you tell me a little more?”
Practice interview: Groups of 3
Focus Groups
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Probes:
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introduce yourself to parent
include a probe
record answers
give feedback
§ Observer: record verbal and nonverbal
communication
§ Switch roles
§ Report back to group: what’s hard? What’s easy?
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