2013
DOI: 10.1177/0081175012465967
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Telephone Versus Face-to-Face Interviews

Abstract: Usually, semistructured interviews are conducted face-to-face, and because of the importance of personal contact in qualitative interviews, telephone interviews are often discounted. Missing visual communication can make a telephone conversation appear less personal and more anonymous but can also help prevent some distortions and place the power imbalance between adult interviewer and (child) respondent into perspective. In this article telephone and face-to-face interviews are compared in order to analyse t… Show more

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“…Este "error de cobertura" generaría una pérdida de representatividad de la información obtenida por medio de encuestas telefónicas (Díaz de Rada, 2001). Aunque existe evidencia que sugiere resultados similares utilizando encuestas telefónicas y presenciales (Galán, Rodríguez-Artalejo & Zorrilla, 2004;Vogl, 2013), en el futuro sería provechoso replicar el estudio utilizando otras alternativas de recolección de datos (e.g., autoadministrado).…”
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“…Este "error de cobertura" generaría una pérdida de representatividad de la información obtenida por medio de encuestas telefónicas (Díaz de Rada, 2001). Aunque existe evidencia que sugiere resultados similares utilizando encuestas telefónicas y presenciales (Galán, Rodríguez-Artalejo & Zorrilla, 2004;Vogl, 2013), en el futuro sería provechoso replicar el estudio utilizando otras alternativas de recolección de datos (e.g., autoadministrado).…”
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“…Although visual cues cannot be obtained during telephone interviews [27, 28], results compared between telephone and face-to-face interviews are very similar [29]. In order for the interviewee to feel they could speak openly and not be influenced by a pre-existing relationship with the interviewer, the interviewer had not facilitated the training or had any previous contact with the participants.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the other hand, they can reduce the visual power imbalance between interviewer and participant (Vogl 2013). In this study, conducting telephone interviews was not seen as a compromise in terms of data quality but as an appropriate choice for participants who lead a busy working life.…”
Section: Interview Proceduresmentioning
confidence: 96%