Discussion 2: What Makes a Good Interview?

• Review the chapters of the Rubin and Rubin course text and consider the characteristics of a good qualitative interview.
• Review the Yob and Brewer interview questions in Appendix A at the end of the article and consider how interview guides are used in research.
• Review the Interview Guide Instructions and the Interview Guide Example found in this week’s Learning Resources and use these documents to guide you during your interview.

By Day 4

Post your explanation of the characteristics of a good qualitative interview. Also include what makes a good interview guide. Use the interview questions from Yob and Brewer’s interview guide to support your post.

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.

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 6, “Conversational Partnerships” (pp. 71–93)
• Chapter 7, “The Responsive Interview as an Extended Conversation” (pp. 95–114)
• Chapter 8, “Structure of the Responsive Interview” (pp. 115–129)
• Chapter 9, “Designing Main Questions and Probes” (pp. 131–147)
• Chapter 10, “Preparing Follow-Up Questions” (pp. 149–169)
• Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)