Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond

Anne Galletta

Published by New York University Press 2013

Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond

From Research Design to Analysis and Publication

Anne Galletta

Preface by: William E. Cross

Volume 18 in the series Qualitative Studies in Psychology

https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814732953

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Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project–an exploration of a school district's effort over 40 years to address racial equality–as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them.

The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data.

Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qualitative research but have not yet conducted a qualitative study, Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond will serve both undergraduate and graduate students as well as more advanced scholars seeking to incorporate this key methodological approach into their repertoire.

Author information

Galletta Anne :

Anne Galletta is Associate Professor at the College of Education and Human Services at Cleveland State University.Cross William E. :

William E. Cross, Jr. is the author of Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity.

Reviews

Janet Ward Schofield,University of Pittsburgh:
Reading this book is like having an extended conversation with a wise and experienced qualitative researcher that explores not only how to construct and conduct effective semi-structured interviews but also many other aspects of qualitative research, including the difficult but important question of how to move from your data to your conclusions.

Susan Opotow,John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY:
A beautifully crafted book. Methodologically authoritative and narratively engaging, its comprehensive description of the semi-structured interview introduces established and emerging social scientists to a versatile, informative, inductive qualitative method that too often is treated as if it were methodologically self-evident. Galletta describes how this method can include diverse participants voices, experiences, understandings, and concerns with rigor and rich conceptual and narrative effects. This timely book will surely be a classic, widely used in methods courses and as an important resource for researchers interested in the complex dynamics of social issues and societal change.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword William E Cross Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I. Setting the Stage
1. Crafting a Design to Yield a Complete Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. The Semi-Structured Interview as a Repertoire of Possibilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Section II. The Semi-Structured Interview Collecting and Analyzing Qualitative Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
3. Conducting the Interview Th e Role of Reciprocity and Refl exivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4. Ongoing and Iterative Data Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Section III. Synthesizing and Interpreting Research Findings
5. Building Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
6. Writing Up and Speaking Back to the Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Afterword. Loose Threads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix A. Sample Protocol for Student Participants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Appendix B. Past as Present, Present as Past: Historicizing Black Education and Interrogating “Integration” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: June 17, 2013
ISBN: 9780814732953