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Learning From Strangers

The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies

By: Robert S. Weiss

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Paperback | 10 November 1995 | Edition Number 1

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Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external events. Against the eclectic background of his work in national sample surveys, studies based on semi-structured interviewing, and participant observation, Weiss walks the reader through the method of qualitative interview studies: sample selection, development of an interview guide, the conduct of the interview, analysis, and preparation of the data. Weiss gives examples of successful and less successful interviews and offers specific techniques and guidelines for the practitioner.

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Arlene Kaplan Daniels Northwestern University I have nothing but unqualified praise for this work. The book will be a boon to instructors of qualitative methods and to workers in the field. It tells you what you really must know to do various qualitative interviews, why you need to do it and how to do it.

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Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Respondents: Choosing Them and Recruiting Them	p. 15
Preparation for Interviewing	p. 39
Interviewing	p. 61
Issues in Interviewing	p. 121
Analysis of Data	p. 151
Writing the Report	p. 183
App. A. Other Names for Qualitative Interviewing	p. 207
App. B. Fields That Use Qualitative Interviewing	p. 209
App. C. Sources of Bias and Their Control	p. 211
App. D. Consent Forms	p. 214
App. E. Quantitative Coding of Qualitative Interview Material	p. 219
Notes	p. 223
References	p. 235
Index	p. 241
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