Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences

By Irving Seidman

Book Overview

Now in its fourth edition, this popular book provides clear, step-by-step guidance for new and experienced interviewers to develop, shape, and reflect on interviewing as a qualitative research process. Using concrete examples of interviewing techniques to illustrate the issues under discussion, this classic text helps readers understand the complexities of interviewing and its connections to broader issues of qualitative research. The text includes principles and methods that can be adapted to a range of interviewing approaches.

Appropriate for individual and classroom use, the new edition has been expanded to include:

In Chapter 2, clarification of important phenomenological assumptions that underlie the interviewing approach presented in the book. In Chapter 7, new sections on Long-Distance Interviewing and its implications for the relationship between interviewers and their participants. In Chapter 8, a new section on the pros and cons of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software. Chapter 9, "The Ethics of Doing Good Work," is a new chapter which discusses the interplay between ethical issues in interviewing and how interviewers carry out their work as researchers.

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS

"A comprehensive perspective of the nature of qualitative inquiry and the art of interviewing." --Theory and Research in Social Education

"A good starting point for training new researchers." --The Journal of Higher Education

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807754048
• ISBN13: 9780807754047
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Interviewing As Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences

Excellent resource for qualiative research. Will defintely be an asset to anyone who is completing qualitative reserach-especially during a dissertation.

Seidman is the Grand Master of Interviewing as QR

I was fortunate to take Irv's class at UMass. His book is the most comprehensive guide to interviewing, and I have used his method in my doctoral thesis and in multiple academic papers. Irv probably has exploitation issues with his method being used to collect consumer data, but the three-stage interview method is extremely effective in exploring consumption experiences.

Very informative

For the novice interviewer, this is a very informative book. It is clear and precise and gives a decent history of interviewing and the ethics that go with the territory. Just remember that this is only one interviewing book. The author describes his method used at his university and acknowledges other methods. Over all very good. It helped me a great deal for my masters work.

Concise, Informative, Organized

Qualititative research is far more than asking a prescribed list of questions. However, the interview is key and core to learning what the researcher wants to know."Interviewing as Qualitative Research" by Irving Seidman is a concise but informative book explaining the whole process clearly. In fact, the strength of the book is not so much the content -- other books say the same things -- but the presentation. Seidman planned the book well, and subjected it to careful editing and organization.Despite its short length, it is well-outlined, with a complete contents area, index, and eight-page reference section.Chapters include (each has several subsections listed below):* Why Interview?* A Structure For In-Depth Phenomonologicsl Interviewing* Proposing Research: From Mind To Paper To Action* Establishing Access To, Making Contact With, And Selecting Participants* Affirming Informed Consent* Technique Isn't Everything, But It Is A Lot* Interviewing As A Relationship* Analyzing, Interpreting, And Sharing Interview MaterialI fully recommend "Interviewing as Qualitative Research" by Irving Seidman.Anthony Trendl

A classic

Well written, engaging, and intelligent. I use this book to teach two different graduate classes--it's great!