Interview and Sampling: How Many and Whom

Beitin, Ben K.

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“…Notes 1. Interviews with several individuals at once, so called multiple-person interviews (Beitin, 2012), could also serve to focus on relationships and interaction between members; however, they are different from traditional one-to-one interviews in terms of methodology. Multiple-person interviews are not covered in this paper.…”

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Triangulating perspectives: ontology and epistemology in the analysis of qualitative multiple perspective interviews

Vogl

Schmidt

Zartler

2019

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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Multiple perspective interviews (MPIs) involve interviewing members of a social group separately and triangulating their accounts during analysis to gain insights into the functioning of such groups (e.g. families). So far, there has been little engagement with the specific challenges of MPI research during the analysis, particularly with dissonant data. To illustrate the importance of this aspect, we draw on the triangulation metaphor and related epistemological and ontological perspectives, which determine analytic choices and thus yield different forms of knowledge. We show how triangulating perspectives can extend individual-level results, but also how researchers should go beyond a descriptive level of analysis for convergent and dissonant accounts to realize the potential of MPIs. Convergence should not be assumed too hastily, yet, there might be dissonance that cannot be resolved. (Self-)reflection on epistemological views, interpretive practice, and the purpose of MPI as well as their interrelation can increase the strengths of MPI approaches ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In these interviews, individuals do not only communicate as an individual but also as a member of a group (Przyborski & Wohlrab-Sahr, 2014, p. 109). This process allows people to interact around a question and create meaning or supplement each other's answers (Beitin, 2012). 3.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Triangulating perspectives: ontology and epistemology in the analysis of qualitative multiple perspective interviews

Vogl

Schmidt

Zartler

2019

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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“…Since there is no uniform agreement in the literature on an optimal sample size for qualitative research (Beitin, 2012 ), the number of participants in this research were recruited until it reached “data saturation”. Whether data saturation had been reached was based on stopping criterion (Francis et al, 2010 ), notably that no new themes were emerging from the interviews.…”

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Australian experts' perspectives on a curriculum for psychologists working in primary health care: implication for Indonesia

Setiyawati

Blashki

Wraith

et al. 2014

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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In Indonesia there is a pressing need to scale up mental health services due to a substantial unmet need for mental health care. Integrating psychologists into primary health care can potentially deliver affordable mental health services to communities and help to close the treatment gap. Australia is one of the pioneers in integrating mental health into primary health care, and the mental health reforms in Australia may have some implications for Indonesia. The aim of this paper is to examine the Australian experience and to reflect in particular on lessons that may be learnt to inform the development of curriculum for psychologists working in primary health care in Indonesia. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 Australian experts in primary mental health care. The focus of the interview was on the roles and skills of psychologists working in primary health care with a particular focus on the appropriate curriculum for psychologists. Overall, the Australian experts agreed that psychologists' roles and training should include both clinical skills and public mental health skills. The experts also agreed that psychologists should be able to educate the community about mental health issues and be capable of undertaking research and evaluation of programs. A central theme was the need for strong collaborations with general practitioners and existing agencies in the community so that psychologists are able to make appropriate referrals and also accept referrals. The lessons learnt from the Australian experience, which are most applicable to the Indonesian setting are: (1) the importance of adequate government funding of psychologists; (2) the value of evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; (3) the need to specifically train psychologists for primary care; (4) the need for flexibility in the psychologist workforce (e.g. location); and (5) the value of continuing supervision for psychologists to support them in their role.

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“…We, however, opted for what we refer to as a simultaneous interview format, in other words, a two-on-one interview. Although more than one participant was present during these interviews, this cannot be classified as a multipleperson or group interview since the focus was not on the interaction between the participants (Beitin, 2012). The interviewer remained the focal point of the communication and participants were interacted with as individuals, and not as a group, in order to explore their individual meaning-making (Denscombe, 2011;Smith & Eatough, 2008).…”

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Methodological Reflection on the Co-Construction of Meaning within the South African Domestic Worker Sector: Challenging the Notion of “Voicelessness”

Marais¹,

Wyk²

2014

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Globally the domestic worker sector is characterised by a sense of "voicelessness". Given the centrality of participant engagement within the interpretivist paradigm, accessing those with firsthand knowledge of the phenomena under investigation proved challenging. This is attributed to the institutionalised nature of the sector and the initial outsider status of the researchers. This article presents a transparent account of the methodological considerations that guided the co-construction of meaning within this context. Two thousand leaflets were distributed. By describing the intended study, inviting participation and providing assurances of confidentiality an initial rapport was established. Purposive, respondent-driven self-sampling resulted in 20 female participants employed as domestic workers. The pilot study indicated the value of using metaphors while exploring tentative topics. An interview guide facilitated the exploration of key concepts during our engagement. In-depth interviews were

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Interview and Sampling: How Many and Whom

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Triangulating perspectives: ontology and epistemology in the analysis of qualitative multiple perspective interviews

Triangulating perspectives: ontology and epistemology in the analysis of qualitative multiple perspective interviews

Australian experts' perspectives on a curriculum for psychologists working in primary health care: implication for Indonesia

Methodological Reflection on the Co-Construction of Meaning within the South African Domestic Worker Sector: Challenging the Notion of “Voicelessness”

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