Rubin & Rubin (2012) suggests that a researcher should just ask the questions and listen to the answer while making notes. For me I tended to agree with the participant at some points. I would tell the participant “I agree” which should not happen with a researcher. In addition, though I was good in probing, I sometimes crossed a line that the participant did not like. Though probing is important, it should not cross the line set by the participant.

Something new I learnt this week is that I can be a good listener. I have never been very good with listening especially over the phone. I tend to 5alk very fast to end the call but in this case, I had to be slow to make the participant understand and also have the time to comprehend and answer the question.  The interview went very well and I was even able to ask the participant to clarify on a few things I had noted. Luckily, I was very ready with a no9te pad and I was able to note the main points and clarify where needed.

Interviewing is very informative when it comes to qualitative research. Researchers are always perplexed by how participants are ready to open up when asked to. Qualitative research seeks to understand people, phenomenon from individual experiences and points of view. To be constructive, a researcher has to interview participants to get their experiences and points of view. Interviewing also provides that chance to observe other things outside the interview guide which are important. Body language can explain some phenomenon just by observation. However this is only possible for face to face interviews. Though there are data collection methods, interviewing is very informative in qualitative research.

References

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Response to Sittipong Permsookjit 

Hi Sittipong, great line of thought over there, sorry that your recorder was not working; you should have tested it before hand for like five minutes just to be sure. I9n addition, note taking is very important in that it gives one a backup to the recording and it is also easy to review the notes as opposed to reviewing the recording. It is surprising how people are always ready to share their experiences and point of view to someone ready to listen. I can agree with you that interviewing is very quick in terms of data collection but it also requires preparation. Like you, your recorder was not working and you had no notepad. Having those things is part of preparation. All in all interviewing is very informative I that one’s get s to listen to the point of view of the participant directly. Other methods like review of documents depend on the analysis and conclusions of other people.

Response to Akeisha Shipman        

Hi Akeisha, great work over there, as you learnt, there are many technologies to make recordings on mobile phones. Most of them are easy to use since they require no technical knowledge. Just like you a. I also seemed to agree with the participant at some point. Sometimes I felt like it was a discussion when it should be questions and answer session.  For me I did not know I could be a good listener but I realized I can be good at it. Interviewing is very informative when it comes to qualitative research. Researchers are always perplexed by how participants are ready to open up when asked to. Qualitative research seeks to understand people, phenomenon from individual experiences and points of view. To be constructive, a researcher has to interview participants to get their experiences and points of view. It is very surprising to note that many people are ready to open up to a listening ear.

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