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Article
How I Learned to Design and Conduct Semi-structured Interviews: An Ongoing and Continuous Journey
The Qualitative Report
Abstract
Qualitative interviewing is a flexible and powerful tool to capture the voices and the ways people make meaning of their experience Learning to conduct semi-structure interviews requires the following six stages: (a) selecting the type of interview; (b) establishing ethical guidelines, (c) crafting the interview protocol; (d) conducting and recording the interview; (e) crafting the interview protocol; and (f) reporting the findings. A researcher’s personal journey in crafting an interview protocol to interview HIV researchers is summarized. She highlights that training and experience are crucial and identifies some readings that can help in the process.
Keywords
- Semi-structured Interview,
- Qualitative Interview,
- Qualitative Methods
Disciplines
Publication Date
8-31-2009
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International
DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2009.2850
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(26.086551, -80.151755)
Comments
Original volume and issue number from The Qualitative Weekly, an offshoot publication of The Qualitative Report which has been folded into the primary journal: Volume 2, Issue 35
Citation Information
Silvia E Rabionet. "How I Learned to Design and Conduct Semi-structured Interviews: An Ongoing and Continuous Journey" (2009) p. 203 - 206 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/silvia-rabionet/7/