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Chapter 7 summary Qualitative Interviewing Jose Mendez September 29, 2011 Qualitative interviewing is a process that tries to understand the subject’s point of view. It begins with the assumption that the perspective of others is meaningful, knowable and able to be made explicit. We interview to find out what is in and on someone else’s mind, while at the same time tries to reveal the meaning of their experiences.

This chapter is devoted to teaching us how to become better if not professional interviewers. It points out to us the different types of interviews, (informal conversational interview, interview guide approach, standardized open-ended interview and closed fix respond interview), while at the same time addressing it strengths and weaknesses, and how to better structure our questions so we can get the respond that we are looking for.

One of the fascinating sections of this chapter was the area on (p 356), where it points out how different but important it is for an interviewer on how to pose a question to achieve a better respond. Further along in the reading it also points out the different types of questioning, for example, simulation questions (p368), presupposition questions (p369).

The other significant areas of this chapter that I will point out before closing, is the “Cross-Cultural Interviewing.” I highlight this particular section of the chapter because of its complexity. We live in a highly diverse state, it is to the best interest of the interviewer to become cognizance of our culturally diverse community.