Hi Ikeda,
I am also a graduate student at a Malaysian university. Perhaps, in our
systems qualitative research is not yet as established & therefore is not
enthusiatically encouraged. I faced the same problems in trying to get
materials that could give me the peace of mind before embarking on my
interviews. However, as I come to the end of my data collection now, I've
realized probably all the reading would not have helped very much. Things are
really different in the field & with very little prior qualitative experience,
I found data collection through interviews very tiring & "formless". However,
one gets a grasp of things as the process gets along. I would suggest you do
some pilot interviewing to get a sense of things before you do your actual
interviews. In my opinion, that would have helped me but alas, it's too late
for me now!
Regards,
Lee.
Takahide Ikeda wrote:
> Dear Subscribers
>
> I am a graduate student at a Japanese university. I am going to start
> qualitative research on gender.
>
> But I don't exactly know what procedures to follow by interviewing,
> especially how to coding data I would get from my interviewees.
>
> Though I have been reading some books and theses on/by interview
> methods, I have not read about 'CONCRETE' procedure.
>
> So, I would like somebody to recommend some books such as a handbook
> of interview methods, or studies by interview methods.
>
> Please send a response to me personally, if possible.
>
> Thank you,
>
> P.S.
> My professor often asks me whether such samples (by interview) can
> be representative ones. He says, "Such data are not objective!" I am
> wondering how to answer... , though I don't think qualitative research
> itself, especially by unstructured interview, is not 'valid' in a sense of
> quantative statistics. How can I answer?
>
> Takahide Ikeda
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