Use the links below to find documents that examine or illustrate challenges researchers can face in conducting field interviews or to view sample interview questions, transcripts and logs. The samples were contributed (with permission) by graduate students in an introductory course on qualitative research methods I taught in the School of Education, UC Davis.
Interview Topics and Issues
- Clarifying interview goals and purposes [forthcoming]
- Selecting and contacting interviewees [forthcoming]
- Negotiating interviews with research subjects
- Protecting and respecting research subjects
- Developing interview questions
- Common interview pitfalls
- Recording what people say
- Transcribing interviews
Interview Samples & Illustrations