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Conducting Life Story Interviews Guide

The document outlines the aim and learning objectives for conducting qualitative interviews using the Life Story Interview method. It covers basic concepts related to research interviews, including definitions, types, and differences from ordinary conversations, as well as guidelines for effective interviewing and the impact of interpersonal variables. Additionally, it discusses interviewer bias and the evaluation of qualitative research interviews.

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Conducting Life Story Interviews Guide

The document outlines the aim and learning objectives for conducting qualitative interviews using the Life Story Interview method. It covers basic concepts related to research interviews, including definitions, types, and differences from ordinary conversations, as well as guidelines for effective interviewing and the impact of interpersonal variables. Additionally, it discusses interviewer bias and the evaluation of qualitative research interviews.

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Aim To use the Life Story Interview method (Mc Adams, 2008) to conduct a qualitative interview.

Learning Objectives
1. To learn the process of conducting a qualitative interview using the life story
interview (Mc Adams, 2008).
2. To learn the process of transcribing an interview and reflecting on the process of
qualitative interviewing.

BASIC CONCEPTS – INTERVIEW


1. DEFINITION OF RESEARCH INTERVIEW
2. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RESEARCH INTERVIEW, ORDINARY CONVERSATION AND
NON RESEARCH INTERVIEW (Neuman)
3. TYPES OF INTERVIEW – Fully Structured, Structured but open ended, Semi-Structured,
Unstructured Interviews (Coolican)
4. COMPARISON AND SUITABILITY OF DIFFERENT INTERVIEW METHODS
5. DIFFRENCE BETWEEN QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW AND SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
6. GUIDELINES OF INTERVIEWING (Coolican p.178 onwards)
7. EFFECTS OF INTERPERSONAL VARIABLES IN INTERVIEW (Coolican)
8. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD INTERVIEWER (Skills)
9. INTERVIEWER BIAS (Neuman, p. 309)
10. NAÏVE ASSUMPTION MODEL OF INTERVIEW (Neuman, p.310)
11. EVALUATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS (Kvale)

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