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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822334203321

Autore

Galletta Anne

Titolo

Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond : From Research Design to Analysis and Publication / / Anne Galletta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8147-3295-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Qualitative Studies in Psychology ; ; 18

Altri autori (Persone)

CrossWilliam E

Disciplina

001.433

Soggetti

Qualitative research - Methodology

Interviewing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Crafting a Design to Yield a Complete Story -- 2. The Semi-Structured Interview as a Repertoire of Possibilities -- Section II. The Semi-Structured Interview -- 3. Conducting the Interview -- 4. Ongoing and Iterative Data Analysis -- 5. Building Theory -- 6. Writing Up and Speaking Back to the Literature -- Afterword. Loose Threads -- Appendix A. Sample Protocol for Student Participants -- Appendix B. Past as Present, Present as Past: Historicizing Black Education and Interrogating “Integration” -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project–an exploration of a school district's effort over 40 years to address racial equality–as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them. The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to



develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data. Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qualitative research but have not yet conducted a qualitative study, Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond will serve both undergraduate and graduate students as well as more advanced scholars seeking to incorporate this key methodological approach into their repertoire.