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The Long Interview

By Grant McCracken

Book information

Publisher
Inc, Sage Publications
Year
1988
ISBN
0803933525, 9780803933521
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5450061 bytes)
Series
Qualitative Research Methods
Pages
88\91
Time added
2016-07-08 16:12:57
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Description

The Long Interview provides a systematic guide to the theory and methods of the long qualitative interview or intensive interviewing. It gives a clear explanation of one of the most powerful tools of the qualitative researcher. The volume begins with a general overview of the character and purpose of qualitative inquiry and a review of key issues. The author outlines the four steps of the long qualitative interview and how to judge quality. He then offers practical advice for those who commission and administer this research, including sample questionnaires and budgets to help readers design their own. The author introduces key theoretical and methodological issues, various research strategies, and a simple four-stage model of inquiry, from the design of an open-ended questionnaire to the write up of results.

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