Review questions

Reflect on your understanding by working through these review questions.

  1. What is a qualitative interview, how does it differ from other kinds of interview, and what different approaches to carrying out qualitative interviews exist?
  2. What kinds of research study are qualitative interviews best suited for?
  3. What does it mean to say that an interview is treated as a topic rather than a resource at the analysis stage?
  4. What kinds of ethical issues may arise in doing qualitative interviews?
  5. What consideration arise when deciding who to interview, where to interview, what to ask and how to record qualitative interviews?