Why should you not do
interviews? Time- interviews take a
great deal of time to plan, interview, transcribe data, and analyze. Doing
qualitative data is not the "easy way" to do research. Transcription
of interviews takes hours and there really is not a fast and easy way to do it
(unless you can afford to have someone else do it).
Being
shy- doing
interviews requires that you recruit and contact people that you do not know.
If you are very shy/ afraid to contact strangers, the process can be
insurmountable.
Not
understanding other methodologies-
often students decide on qualitative methods and fail to really understand
quantitative methods. This is very limiting in the long run, it may mean that
you have limited future job opportunities. Make sure that you get as much
experience as you can in all methods, so your options remain open.
Ethical/moral
issues- there may
be ethical reasons for not interviewing certain people/ populations as it may
be seen as exploitative and potentially damaging to them. An example would be
interviewing illegal immigrants or prisoners, who could potentially be hurt if
their comments were identified as coming from particular individuals.
Interviewing needs to
be carefully considered as a research method and needs to be a fit for your
personality, time, and your population.
Next time I will post an updated blog index. Do you have an issue or a question that you
would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer?
Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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