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How To Construct Good Interview Question For Educational Research
How To Construct Good Interview Question For Educational Research
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and interviewee may vary and the motives for taking part may differ, a common
denominator is the transaction that takes place between seeking information on the
part of one and supplying information on the part of the other.
3. Question formats
There are several ways of categorizing questions, for example:
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Description questions;
Experience questions;
Behaviors questions;
Knowledge questions;
Construct-forming questions;
Contrast questions (asking respondents to contrast one thing with another);
Feeling questions;
Sensory questions;
Background questions;
Demographic questions.
These concern the substance of the question. Kvale (1996:155-5) adds to
these what might be termed the process questions, i.e. questions that:
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interview guide to remind yourself of the matters that you want narrators to speak
about.
5. Asking Questions
First interviews may begin a little awkwardly, with a degree of uncertainty
and formality. As things progress, however, both you and your narrator will find
increased confidence and comfort, and things will generally flow a little more
easily.
Always start the first session for all participants in the same way, using the
question that you decided on your interview guide. This will ensure that you
introduce the study uniformly, cover the preliminary details, and begins from the
same point of departure. As your narrator answers the first question, thats when
things diverge as you follow his or her answer to wherever it might leads.
6. Concluding the interview
After a session, recording your thoughts and reflections in research journal
or on an interview summary sheet allows you to keep an account of what you
have observed and heard. This all the part of the process of preparing for your
next interview or, in the case if your final session, for the next step towards
interpretation.
Thats all the tips, I hope this article useful for all the readers to construct
good interview question for education research.