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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Research Interviews
I never really had that much experience with conducting a real research interview. Probably the only thing that is similar to that aspect is asking a few people some questions for a research paper. With that I would ask questions in a casual manner and I would make sure to have paper and a pen/pencil on hand to take down notes. If you don't have anything to take notes on it would be pretty hard to remember later on so.. remember it or maybe bring a recorder ha. Also taking note of their facial expressions and body movements are a plus so that you can emphasize on what they are saying/expressing in a paper.
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Hey Haightetak. :) I'm glad to see that there is someone else that hasn't had a lot of experience with research interview. While reading everybody's introduction blog, I felt like a majority of the class was very comfortable with public speaking already. This made me feel like almost everyone had more experience than I did with research interview. :P Anyways, a tape recorder seems like an excellent way of keeping track of the interviewee's information. My physiology teacher speaks at an extremely fast pace so I can see how a tape recorder would be beneficial. I agree that taking notes on facial expressions and body gestures will emphasize the meaning of their explanations. Good job Haightetak. :)
ReplyDeleteHey,
ReplyDeleteYou are not the only one who hasn't had a lot of experience with research interviews. I guess there are more then I thought. It seems like we both ask some people a few questions for an essay. But most of the time the people that I ask are my friends so i don't really write down what they say because I know if I forget then they're always there for me to ask...again. But if I ever did a research interview I would bring a recorder just in case. That way I could go over the tape later on to make sure I didn't miss anything the first time.
Haightetak,
ReplyDeleteI believe when you said, "Also taking note of their facial expressions and body movements..."
That's a strong piece of evidence that you can prepare for any project that you may have. I too, as I've said in my own post, haven't had too much experience with interviews. As we all know, we're very busy students, particularly in this age, with jobs and school. A recorder probably would have been a wise choice for me to bring to my interview with a human resources manager.. mostly because I really could not remember everything that he said, at least word for word.
Like sheryl said, you are not alone when you say you don't have as much as experience when conducting research interviews.
Hi haightetak!
ReplyDeleteWell I think it is pretty cool how many of us have not had all
that much experience on conducting research interviews. I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't think it's the best thing in the world, but I think that just makes most of us connect a little more with each other and feel a lot more comfortable knowing that we are all a tad bit inexperienced. :)
It's good that you mention bringing a tape recorder,thats great!
F.Y.I-- You should never try and record an interview with your cellphone.ha ha
Besides the fact that you can only record about 60 seconds every time, the quality is not that good, especially if the person is not sitting all that close.
You should use your phone's sound recorder, however, if you
are interviewing someone over the phone. :)