Interviewing the Interpretive Researcher: An Impressionist Tale

Authors

Rebecca K. Frels, Lamar UniversityFollow
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Sam Houston State University

Abstract

In this manuscript, we describe the use of debriefing interviews for interviewing the interpretive researcher. Further, we demonstrate the value of using debriefing questions as part of a qualitative research study, specifically, one doctoral student’s dissertation study. We describe the reflexivity process of the student in her study and the debriefing data that were coded via qualitative coding techniques. Thus, we provide an exemplar of the debriefing process and the findings that emerged as a result. We believe that our exemplar of interviewing the interpretive researcher provides evidence of an effective strategy for addressing the crises of representation and legitimation for researchers and instructors of qualitative methods courses alike.

Keywords

Debriefing Interviews, Interviewing the Interview, Qualitative Interviews, Reflexivity, Representation, Legitimation, Bias

Publication Date

7-23-2012

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1749

Recommended APA Citation

Frels, R. K., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2012). Interviewing the Interpretive Researcher: An Impressionist Tale. The Qualitative Report, 17(30), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1749