Interviews : an introduction to qualitative research interviewing / Steinar Kvale.

Author/creator Kvale, Steinar
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1996.
Descriptionxvii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Interviewing as research -- The interview as a conversation -- Postmodern thought, hermeneutics, phenomenology and dialectics -- Qualitative research in science and in practice -- Thematizing and designing an interview study -- Ethical issues of interviews -- The interview situation -- Quality of the interview -- From speech to text -- The 1000-page question -- Methods of analysis -- The plurality of interpretations -- The social construction of validity -- Improving interview reports -- Conversations about interviews.
Local noteLittle-322395--305131019791/
General note"Originally published by Studentlitteratur. (c) Steinar Kvale and Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, 1994"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-306) and index.
LCCN 95050205
ISBN0803958196 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN080395820X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM48 .K9 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold