When Interviewing: How Many Is Enough?

Autor/inn/en	Cobern, William W.; Adams, Betty A. J.
Titel	When Interviewing: How Many Is Enough?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 7 (2020) 1, S.73-79 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cobern, William W.) ORCID (Adams, Betty A. J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-7456
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Sample Size; Generalization; Qualitative Research; Validity; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Gültigkeit; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Researchers need to know what is an appropriate sample size for interview work, but how does one decide upon an acceptable number of people to interview? This question is not relevant to case study work where one would typically interview every member of a case, or in situations where it is both desirable and feasible to interview all target population members. However, in much of qualitative and mixed-methods research and evaluation, the researcher can only reasonably interview a subset of the target population. How big or small should that subset be? This paper provides a brief explanation of why the concept of generalization is inappropriate with respect to the findings from qualitative interviewing, what wording to use in place of generalization, and how one should decide on sample size for interviews. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. Pamukkale University, Faculty of Education, Kinikli Campus, Denizli 20070, Turkey. e-mail: ijate.editor@gmail.com; Web site: https://ijate.net/index.php/ijate
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01