Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Research Interviews
All through my schooling I have never conducted a research interview. This is actually sort of sad I will admit. I have talked to a lot of people and I have done a lot of research, but I have never talked to someone in order to complete research. This means I could not say what went wrong or right or give any advice. This chapter must be for me because it gives a lot of advice on how to go about performing a research interview. When I finally do obtain a research interview I will use the six steps: having a purpose, picking the person to interview, preparing questions, organizing interview, performing the interview, and using the interview information in my speech. I think the main points that will be difficult for me are keeping it in a formal format. I tend to start talking and next thing I know I am having a conversation not performing an interview. I believe the easiest part for me will be putting the information in my speech because I love to reference different points of view I have obtained from others even in daily conversation. Though I could not tell you the true easiest and hardest parts of conducting a research interview those are my guesses. I am sure you are all much more knowledgeable on this topic, but for whatever reason I have never been required to do this task, so it will be interesting to see how it goes when I do.
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It's funny, so far it looks like only three of us have created a blog for this topic, and all three of us have hardly any experience with conducting research interviews. I have a feeling we might be seeing a lot of similar responses from our classmates. Anyways, I find it to be a bit amusing that you say that you have difficulty interviewing because you love to talk and your interview would likely turn in to a conversation. That is exactly something that would happen to me! I am super social and LOVE to talk. So I'm sure keeping things 100% professional would be very difficult for me as well. However, if you think about it, I bet this is an issue for most people (unless they really don't enjoying talking). I'm sure in a lot of situations, some chatter is inevitable. Especially if you are truly interested in your topic, or have personal experience with it. So don't beat yourself too much ;)
ReplyDeleteI am in the same boat as you guys are. I have never conducted a research interview. Any research I have ever has to do has been through books or the internet. I read the chapter and this makes me nervous. I have trouble speaking in front of the class, but this would probably make me more nervous. It is one on one contact and they are waiting for intelligent questions to answer. I am scared of sounding stupid or not prepared. I am more of a jokester (don't know if that is even a word) and would be scared of not remaining professional through the interview.
ReplyDeleteI have also never conducted a research interview! I too feel this is sad because we, well I least I was, required to do so many research papers and speeches in high school, and even college and I have never been required to conduct an interview. This chapter will also help me out a lot once the time comes that I need to conduct one of these interviews. The six steps make it very easy and they are a good place to start with once we come across the need for them. Well good luck if you ever have to do a research interview!
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