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The Long Interview
- Grant McCracken - University of Guelph, Canada
Volume:
13
Series:
Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative Research Methods
November 1988 | 88 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
Introduction
Nine Key Issues
The Four-Step Method of Inquiry
Quality Control
The Writing-Up Process
Managing Qualitative Research
Conclusion
An excellent book, although more suited to doctoral students rather than the undergraduate cohort.
Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
October 3, 2016
This book describes the process for long interviews which is an important method for qualitative research in the appropriate scenario. The book is clearly written and set out well. It comprises No 13 of a series of 45 publications on qualitative research methods.
The Business School, Bournemouth Univ.
May 16, 2014
I used this book as an ancillary textbook the previous time I taught my master's level course in qualitative research methods (Spring 2011). One student then summed up the reason why I did not adopt this book again this time (Spring 2012): "While I was reading this book, all I could think of was how old it is." The book lacked credibility to students because it's so old.
Communications Dept, Indiana University / Purdue University at Indiana
September 19, 2012
