Who would you like to interview? How would you develop a rapport with them? How would you go about explaining qualitative validity to someone who thinks “numbers are better”? Why is searching for negative cases such an important part of qualitative research? use the “Things to consider as a start” but feel free to write about whatever most interests your research goals.

Learning Objectives:
1) Understand the advantages and uses of qualitative interviewing.
2) Differentiate between which research questions are best for semi-strutured and loosely structured interviews.
3) Explain the goal of interpretivist methodology.
4) Demonstrate the process of qualitative coding.
5) Understand how validity is applied to interview projects.

Things to Consider:
Who would you like to interview? How would you develop a rapport with them? How would you go about explaining qualitative validity to someone who thinks “numbers are better”? Why is searching for negative cases such an important part of qualitative research? use the “Things to consider as a start” but feel free to write about whatever most interests your research goals.

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