Interviews

One of the main methods for data gathering when doing a

qualitative study is through interviews. When writing a research

proposal for a study that requires interviews, the researcher will write

up an interview protocol that includes how the researcher will interact

with the participant during the interview. The main part of the

protocol involves what the interview questions are and whether the

interview will be open-ended, structured, or semi-structured.

Find

two dissertations in the ProQuest library Dissertation and Thesis data

base that are related to your research topic for this course and that

include an interview protocol as one of the Appendixes in the

dissertation. [Hint: Do an advanced search for “your topic” AND

“qualitative.” Then check the table of contents in interesting

dissertations to see if they list the interview questions or protocol.]

For

your initial post, critique the interview protocols that you found by

writing about at least three aspects that surprised you, but you found

beneficial, and write on at least three aspects that you would improve

upon (and how). Support your answer using information from your

readings. Post should be at least 300 words