Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond
Anne Galletta
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Description for Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond
hardcover. 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 Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Qualitative Studies in Psychology
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814732939
SKU
V9780814732939
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About Anne Galletta
Anne Galletta is Associate Professor at the College of Education and Human Services at Cleveland State University. William E. Cross, Jr. is the author of Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity.
Reviews for Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond
A beautifully crafted book. Methodologically authoritative and narratively engaging, its comprehensive description of the semi-structured interview introduces established and emerging social scientists to a versatile, informative, inductive qualitative method that too often is treated as if it were methodologically self-evident. Galletta describes how this method can include diverse participants voices, experiences, understandings, and concerns with rigor and rich conceptual and ... Read more