Humanities Homework Help. Walden University Week 7 What I Learned From Interviewing Self Reflection
Qualitative interviewing is more than a collection of techniques, technologies, questions and answers. Rubin and Rubin (2012) noted that it has the potential to change the interviewer into a more patient, tolerant, and engaged human being. “It makes you aware of what you haven’t seen before, and it enables you to pull meaningful information out of buzzing confusion” (p. 234).
For this Discussion, you will reflect on your interview experience from last week. Perhaps you have noticed how well (or how poorly) you paid attention; or that something the interviewee said astonished you; or how quickly (or slowly) the time went by.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review this week’s Learning Resources related to qualitative interviewing.
Consider the phone interview you conducted in Week 7.
Listen to your recording 2–3 times.
Review the notes you took during and after the interview.
- Consider how this experience is different or similar to a conventional conversation.
A reflection and analysis on what you learned about interviewing. Include in your reflection and analysis:
- At least two things you would do differently and why
Something new and surprising that you learned
A reflection about the value of interviewing as a data collection tool
- Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.
- Learning Resources
- Required Readings
- Saldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding (pp. 1–42) (previously read in Weeks 5, 6, and 7)
- Chapter 2, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 43–65) (previously read in Weeks 5, 6, and 7)
Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.
Chapter 5, “Methods of Data Collection” (pp. 124–163) (previously read in Week 7)
Chapter 8, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 233–252)
Chapter 9, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis (pp. 254–294)
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211) (previously read in Weeks 5, 6, and 7)
- Chapter 14, “Personal Reflections on Responsive Interviewing”
Document: Excel Video Coding Document Template (Excel spreadsheet)
- Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2016). Second cycle coding [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.
- In this media program, Dr. Susan Marcus, Core Research Faculty with the School of Psychology at Walden University, introduces second cycle coding. She discusses the purpose of reorganizing and reanalyzing data from first cycle coding. She will also demonstrate using this method.
