Tonight § Present your hypotheses l § § § § HDFS 503: Research Methods: Qualitative Methods: Interviews April 22, 2002 Susan Hegland l Evaluation research • Complete pp. 16 - 19 in Handbook l l 1 Presentations Review for exam April 24 I’m out of town April 22 - 28 § May 1: present your study; turn in your paper 2 Typical overheads § § § § § § § § Note requirements for handout; include references § 12 to 15 minutes per presentation § Typically: 2 minutes per overhead § Divide responsibilities l 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) 3 4 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). 5 § Consider dress--how professional? How casual? § Consider which chair to sit in (hard!!) § Consider opening statement: l “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 l l l begin with open closed in the middle open at the end 6 1 Practice your response to statements § Check to see l l what you’re reinforcing what you’re discouraging § How do you cue respondent as to what you’re interested in? l l 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 7 l l encourage silent observer discourage monopolizing speaker recording and facilitating 8 § 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: l 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 § § § § § § § Probes: l l l l 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? 9 10 2