Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples

By Hilary Arksey, Peter T. Knight, Peter T Knight

Book Overview

Students at postgraduate, and increasingly at undergraduate, level are required to undertake research projects and interviewing is the most frequently used research method. Interviewing for Social Scientists provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to interviewing. It covers all the issues that arise in interview work: theories of interviewing; design; application; and interpretation. Richly illustrated with relevant examples, each chapter includes handy statements of "advantages" and "disadvantages" of the approaches discussed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761958703
• ISBN13: 9780761958703
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 5.7"