Interviewing as a Data Collection Method: A Critical Review

Alshenqeeti, Hamza

doi:10.5430/elr.v3n1p39

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“…There are some advantages of in-depth interviews. The interviewer can devote complete attention to each research participant, listen actively and establish good result; better sampling because recruiting is easier when scheduling in-depth interviews and researchers need fewer respondents to attain the same results; useful with difficult recruiting because its only need to accommodate one individual; it's also elicit candid responses in a private setting regarding personal and/or professional topics of discussion; fewer distractions; faster and cheaper; more productive; deeper Insights; more flexible, and faster adaptation (Turner, 2010;Mack et.al., 2011;Alshenqeeti, 2014). The findings of this study are structured base on Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) which is considered as government policy to improve the competiveness in global market and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as paying attention to environmental issues by Ministry of Agriculture.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect Relationships on Sustainable Development of Palm Oil Production for Independent Smallholder Farmers toward Sustainable Certification System

Nurliza¹,

Dolorosa²

2017

JSD

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Palm oil is currently the most widely used vegetable oil in the world and its usage is also expected to double by 2020. However, there are some social and environmental impacts of palm oil plantation. Some complications resulted from the plantation may go as far as mass objections to the production of palm oil. On the contrary, demand for palm oil is still vast and constantly rising. In Indonesia, independent small farmers are the most important stakeholders since they are 43% of the whole Indonesian palm oil producers and have become the biggest spotlight of Indonesian palm oil development, including challenges and problems in which they will have to face to substantially increase their role in the global market as well as maintaining sustainability. Challenges today need to be engaged with innovation and inventions in a more productive and effective way. Enhancing independent small farmers will not only enlarge their contribution to sustainability practices, but also ensuring the sustainable products supplied to the market. Thus, supporting sustainable palm oil production is the way forward. Based on this current issue, this research identifies key point relationships (direct and indirect) on sustainable development factors which are based on Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification System (ISPO), these identified key points will be the primary target to be improved and government support in fostering the sustainability of palm oil industry will be profoundly necessary.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect Relationships on Sustainable Development of Palm Oil Production for Independent Smallholder Farmers toward Sustainable Certification System

Nurliza¹,

Dolorosa²

2017

JSD

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“…As analysts point out, this is the most used type of interview in qualitative researchers (Alshenqeeti, 2014). Just like structured interviews, this type of interview also an outline of topics and questions prepared by the researcher (Stuckey, 2013).…”

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Literature Review for the Type of Interview in Qualitative Research

Adhabi¹,

Anozie²

2017

IJE

130

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In carrying out qualitative studies, the important issue is the quality of data collected, which is dependent on the mode of data collection used. The interview is one of the data collection techniques for qualitative researchers. Distinct from other methods, interviews have unique features that make them superior. As such, the current study explores relevant issues that are linked to interviews, especially aspects that make them central to qualitative data collection. Besides the historical appeal, the discussion covers the advantages a researcher experiences while using interviews to collect data. They require a personal commitment of both the participant and researcher. Significantly, time and resource allocation are also required. With the emerging technology, implementation of the interview process is becoming flexible thus moving away from the rigid face to face mode. Besides their strengths, there are also challenges and ethical dilemmas that are linked to interviews. As a perfect qualitative data collection method, researchers have professional issues that they have a deal with throughout the process. The link between all these issues is the subject area of the current discussion, which tackles each factor separately.

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“…Then the other section consisted of 37 items rated on five-point Likert scale (5= strongly agree, 4= agree, 3= unsure, 2=disagree, 1= strongly disagree) to investigate teachers" beliefs about learner autonomy. Interviews were conducted after administering the teacher questionnaire as it is regarded as a more powerful tool for eliciting narrative data that allows researchers to investigate people's perception and views about the items examined in the questionnaire in greater depth (Alshenqeeti, 2014). Structured interview was conducted with 10 of the participated teachers.…”

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Exploring EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of Learner Autonomy in Egyptian Technical Schools

Khalil¹,

Ali²

2018

IJELE

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This study aimed at exploring the perceptions of learner autonomy of 265 students and 89 EFL teachers in technical secondary schools in Egypt. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected through student questionnaire, teacher questionnaire, and teacher interviews. The findings revealed that the participants; students and teachers, have positive views about learner autonomy in language learning. Students were generally aware of the autonomy-boosting practices and teachers" roles in fostering autonomy. Students were neutral about their ability to choose course materials and use appropriate strategies to learn English. The results also showed that EFL teachers had clear understanding of the concept of learner autonomy and were mostly aware of its importance in EFL classes. However, they perceived their students as non-autonomous due to individual and institutional challenges. Both students and teachers were unsure about the relation between cultural backgrounds and autonomy in language learning. Based on the results, some pedagogical implications and recommendations for future research for promoting learner autonomy in secondary technical schools have been provided.

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Interviewing as a Data Collection Method: A Critical Review

Cited by 361 publications

References 17 publications

Effect Relationships on Sustainable Development of Palm Oil Production for Independent Smallholder Farmers toward Sustainable Certification System

Effect Relationships on Sustainable Development of Palm Oil Production for Independent Smallholder Farmers toward Sustainable Certification System

Literature Review for the Type of Interview in Qualitative Research

Exploring EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of Learner Autonomy in Egyptian Technical Schools

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