While I consider myself more of a mixed methods person, I do a lot of qualitative research, and therefore I enjoy sharing resources I develop on specific research topics. This blog post links to a bibliography I generated of the books I have read on how to conduct intereviews with a qualitative research focus.
A lot of people have asked me about suggestions for bibliography on how to conduct qualitative interviews. The books listed in this partial bibliography are all books I have read. https://t.co/ELHxV3uWwA
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) March 13, 2022
I very much HATE when people ask me for “The Best Book to Do X”. So no, I won’t be recommending to you The Best Book on How to Conduct Qualitative Interviews. I do, however, have a few preferred books (if yours isn’t in my list of preferred, please don’t be upset, ok?)
I also very strongly recommend
c) The late Lee Ann Fujii’s “Interviewing in Social Science: A Relational Approach” and
d) “Interview Research in Political Science” edited by @thwillow
(see my responses with links to the books and my notes here) https://t.co/EBQ0tYIUlV
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) March 13, 2022
Given that I do so much ethnographic work, I often follow Skinner’s The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach and Spradley’s The Ethnographic Interview.Svend Brinkmann’s “Qualitative Interviewing: Understanding Qualitative Research” is often used, and it’s practical & pragmatic.
Personally, I don’t think you (professors/educators/faculty/thesis advisers) should send students/researchers to design and conduct interviews BEFORE actually taking one or two courses on qualitative research, but that’s just me and my approach and you can do whatever you prefer.
Note: updated link with 31 books (I had read two more that I did not list and are now included). https://t.co/ELHxV3uWwA
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) March 13, 2022
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