Interviews are generally considered as more of an interpretivist method, however a variety of types are applied in social sciences. The seminar offers an overview of these different approaches (structured/, unstructured/, semi-structured interview, narrative interview, ethnographic interview, expert interview, and focus groups) that makes the interview a very flexible research method. From an epistemological point of view the course will introduce the student to recent debates on the nature of research interviews, its methodological strengths and weaknesses regarding the kind of data that is produced through interview techniques by the researchers as opposed to non-reactive/natural data.
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Mi | 14-16 | C4-153 | 08.04.-19.07.2013
not on: 5/1/13 |
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| 30-M-Soz-M3a Sociological Methods a Soziologische Methoden a | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M3b Sociological Methods b Soziologische Methoden b | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M3c Sociological Methods c Soziologische Methoden c | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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| Soziologie / Master | (Enrollment until SoSe 2012) | Modul 5.1 | Wahlpflicht | 3 | (bei Einzelleistung 3 LP zusätzlich) |