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The Qualitative Research Interview

01 Jan 1983-Journal of Phenomenological Psychology (Brill)-Vol. 14, Iss: 1, pp 171-196
About: This article is published in Journal of Phenomenological Psychology.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 1435 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Semi-structured interview & Structured interview.
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Lucy Yardley1•
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the problem posed by the novelty and diversity of qualitative approaches within health psychology and consider the question of what criteria are appropriate for assessing the validity of a qualitative analysis.
Abstract: As the use of qualitative methods in health research proliferates, it becomes increasingly necessary to consider how the value of a piece of qualitative research should be assessed. This article discusses the problem posed by the novelty and diversity of qualitative approaches within health psychology and considers the question of what criteria are appropriate for assessing the validity of a qualitative analysis. In keeping with the ethos of much qualitative research, some open-ended, flexible principles are suggested as a guide to the quality of a qualitative study: sensitivity to context; commitment and rigour; transparency and coherence; impact and importance. Examples are given of the very different ways in which various forms of qualitative research can meet these criteria.

2,316 citations

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TL;DR: Existential-phenomenology is presented as an alternative paradigm for conceptualizing and studying consumer experience as mentioned in this paper, which can provide an empirically based and methodologically rigorous understanding of consumer phenomena.
Abstract: Existential-phenomenology is presented as an alternative paradigm for conceptualizing and studying consumer experience. Basic theoretical tenets of existential-phenomenology are contrasted with more traditional assumptions and methods used in consumer research. The metaphors used by each paradigm to describe its world view are provided and their respective implications for consumer research discussed. One phenomenological research method is detailed, and examples of how the method is applied and the type of data it produces are provided. An epistemological analysis reveals that existential-phenomenology can provide an empirically based and methodologically rigorous understanding of consumer phenomena.

1,628 citations

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01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: The purpose of the paths laid out on this map is to eliminate the distorting influence of personal perspective and the subjective properties of researchers.
Abstract: Research methods are plans used in the pursuit of knowledge. They are outlines of investigative journeys, laying out previously developed paths, which, if followed by researchers, are supposed to lead to valid knowledge. These paths are drawn on maps based on assumptions about the nature of reality and the processes of human understanding. The map developed for Western science during the past three centuries is based on the notion that reality consists of natural objects and that knowledge is a description of these objects as they exist in themselves. The purpose of the paths laid out on this map is to eliminate the distorting influence of personal perspective and the subjective properties of researchers.

1,461 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face, telephone, e-mail and MSN messenger interviews are compared in the domain of virtual teams, where the authors used various communication possibilities to interview informants.
Abstract: Face-to-face interviews have long been the dominant interview technique in the field of qualitative research. In the last two decades, telephone interviewing became more and more common. Due to the explosive growth of new communication forms, such as computer mediated communication (for example e-mail and chat boxes), other interview techniques can be introduced and used within the field of qualitative research. For a study in the domain of virtual teams, I used various communication possibilities to interview informants as well as face-to-face interviews. In this article a comparison will be made concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face, telephone, e-mail and MSN messenger interviews. By including telephone and MSN messenger interviews in the comparison, the scope of this article is broader than the article of BAMPTON and COWTON (2002).

1,415 citations

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1,130 citations


Cites background from "The Qualitative Research Interview"

  • ...The type of texts generated by "phenomenological" (Kvale 1983; Thompson, Locander, and Pollio 1989) or "long" (McCracken 1988) interviews are particularly well suited to hermeneutic analysis....

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