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Research Interviewing
Elliot G. Mishler
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Description for Research Interviewing
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Interviews hold a prominent place among the various research methods in the social and behavioral sciences. This book presents a powerful critique of current views and techniques, and proposes a new approach to interviewing. At the heart of Elliot Mishler’s argument is the notion that an interview is a type of discourse, a speech event: it is a joint product, shaped and organized by asking and answering questions.
This view may seem self-evident, yet it does not guide most interview research. In the mainstream tradition, the discourse is suppressed. Questions and answers are regarded as analogues to stimuli and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674764613
SKU
V9780674764613
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About Elliot G. Mishler
Elliot G. Mishler is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Reviews for Research Interviewing
A splendid book. Mishler offers fresh and original insights that are firmly grounded in theory and practice.
Frederick Erickson, University of Pennsylvania The book is superb. The best statement of the narrative position to date in the social sciences.
Bertram J. Cohler, University of Chicago A passionate argument for replacing the survey interview with a different model: the ... Read more
Frederick Erickson, University of Pennsylvania The book is superb. The best statement of the narrative position to date in the social sciences.
Bertram J. Cohler, University of Chicago A passionate argument for replacing the survey interview with a different model: the ... Read more