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Interview Protocol

See also:

Underlying Issues/Frameworks for Interpreting Interviewee Accounts

Interview Themes and Sections

 

Practical Procedures for Interviewing

Prior to Interview

  1. Identify interviewee and essential background information about them.
  2. Design a set of interview questions tailored to the interviewee, choosing from among the questions listed in this protocol.
  3. Arrange date and time of interview, explain aims of project
  4. Send interview questions ahead of interview with covering letter asking for any documents, data and resources that may be helpful to be identified where possible prior to interview
  5. Send website address and short blurb and contact details of interviewer
  6. Request permission for taping interview
  7. Inform interviewee that a transcript will be provided for clarification and amendment
  8. Check tape recorder, spare batteries and tapes.

During Interview

  1. At interview, provide background information to the project
  2. Re-confirm permission to record, confidentiality and transcript to be provided.
  3. Check tape recorder and conduct voice test.
  4. Throughout interview take notes.
  5. At end of interview ask for consent form to be signed.
  6. Identify any action to be followed up by Changing faces team.
  7. Request permissions to follow up issues by telephone/face to face/e-mail

After Interview

  1. Write up Contextual interview notes.
  2. Complete face sheet information and enter into database.
  3. Identify action points
  4. Send tapes to be transcribed
  5. Write letter of thanks to interviewee and ask for confirmation of promised materials+ any extra information needed.
  6. Check and edit transcript
  7. Send transcript to interviewee and ask to confirm/amend accordingly. Request any additional information at this point.
  8. Arrange to follow up with telephone/face to face meeting where necessary
  9. Enter factual content information from interview into database (key people. Moments, dates and events)
  10. Save transcript and notes on-line in one WORD file ready to enter into Atlas-ti.

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