Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data

By Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin

Book Overview

This introduction to the theory and practice of qualitative interviewing shows researchers how to: design research based on interview data; stimulate conversation; absorb what is being said; and stimulate, analyze and present an informed description of the data.

The authors emphasize the importance of cultural, contextual and personal influences on the sharing and unveiling of meaning. They also link qualitative interviewing techniques with theories of how people communicate meaning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803950969
• ISBN13: 9780803950962
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.8" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource for anyone doing Quali Interviews

I have read this book and found it to be a very helpful resource. As a novice interviewer it has given me multiple strategies and tips from question design to actually doing the interview. I highly recommend to anyone doing qualitative interviews.

Doing Qualitative Interviewing

I had the opportunity to read the first edition and the second edition of " Qualitative Interviewing, the Art of Hearing Data" of H. Rubin and I. Rubin and I think that both are very good books for a student or researcher that want to start a Qualitative Analysis of Data using the Interview like the main tool of analysis. Of course that the second editions is actualized in relation to the latest advances in qualitative analysis and the use of personal computers. I am a student of the doctoral program of Management at ESADE ( Spain ) and ESAN ( Perú ). Rolando Gonzales - rolangon

Outstanding!

An outstanding book, it is clear, concise and complete. Most importantly, the theory and application are understandable and practical.

Masterpiece of Qualitative Interviewing

This book covers not only the foundations of Interviewing, but also the methodology in detail. l enjoyed this book very much because the author suggests the way how the interviewers excercize interviewing. Very well organized.