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    This document provides guidance for planning and analyzing an interview with an insider or informant. It includes developing questions to ask the informant about a specific situation or topic at their organization. Sample questions are who, what, when, where, why, how, and which. The tips for analysis include describing the informant, how they fit into the organization, presenting dialogue examples, analyzing language used, identifying connections to the organizational subculture, creating a glossary of terms, and identifying patterns and practices used by the informant.

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    This document provides guidance for planning and analyzing an interview with an insider or informant. It includes developing questions to ask the informant about a specific situation or topic at their organization. Sample questions are who, what, when, where, why, how, and which. The tips for analysis include describing the informant, how they fit into the organization, presenting dialogue examples, analyzing language used, identifying connections to the organizational subculture, creating a glossary of terms, and identifying patterns and practices used by the informant.

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    Interview Planning Worksheet

    Insider /
    Informant:________________________Date:________________________

    (1) What position does your Informant have in relationship to your


    site, why is this important?

    (2) Write down a situation / topic that occurs / has occurred at your
    site that you want to learn more about.

    (3) What do you already know about this situation / topic right now?

    (4) What questions could you ask an insider about the situation /
    topic?

    Write down at least three questions.

    (5) Now using these words —who, what, when, where, why, how, which,
    Form more specific questions to ask your informant.

    Tips for Analyzing Your Interview

    (1) Describe your informant:

    (2) How do they “fit” into your Site?

    (3) Present examples of dialogue:

    (4) Analyze the language from your notes:

    (5) Draw connections between the interview findings and the


    subculture.

    (6) Create a glossary of terms.

    (7) Did you have to ask your informant to define any insider phrases,
    jargon, or occupational terms? If you already knew specific terms to
    this subculture, write them down. How did you know their meanings?

    (8) What words re-appear, did you notice any patterns of repetition?

    (9) What technologies, oral literacy practices, writing practices,


    etc. does your informant use?

    (10) Does your informant use stories, jokes, sayings, etc? For what
    purpose?

    (11) What assumptions or preconceptions did you uncover through the


    process of interviewing?

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