Presentation of Two Research Methodologies: Interviews & Discourse Analysis
Submitted by Betty Bayer, Erin Lerouge, Murray Peglar, Shiva Rahimi & Nesreen Weshah
For Dr. Ian Winchester
EDER 603. 21
University of Calgary
For Dr. Ian Winchester
EDER 603. 21
University of Calgary
Where The Two Methods Meet
Researchers choose from a variety of methodologies as they seek ways to better understand the world and the people in it. It is not uncommon to combine different methods in a single study, depending of course on the goals for the research and the research question itself. Interviewing and Discourse Analysis are examples of two methods that work well together across many disciplines, and these two methods are the focus of this website. Interviewing focuses mostly on data collection or generation, while discourse analysis, as the name implies, can be used, but not always, in the analysis of such data.
Interviewing is an increasingly popular form of collecting data for many kinds of research. It can take many different forms and be used for both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research questions. Once the interviews have been transcribed, discourse analysis is one method of analyzing the data by examining the language used to create meaning. It is an interpretive process that calls for close examination of the specific texts generated and is therefore considered a qualitative method.
A detailed description of both methods can be found using the links on this site. Included is an analysis of a journal article that illustrates the effectiveness of using both methods together. Finally, the activity link gives you a chance to put into practice what you’ve learned on this site.
Interviewing is an increasingly popular form of collecting data for many kinds of research. It can take many different forms and be used for both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research questions. Once the interviews have been transcribed, discourse analysis is one method of analyzing the data by examining the language used to create meaning. It is an interpretive process that calls for close examination of the specific texts generated and is therefore considered a qualitative method.
A detailed description of both methods can be found using the links on this site. Included is an analysis of a journal article that illustrates the effectiveness of using both methods together. Finally, the activity link gives you a chance to put into practice what you’ve learned on this site.
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
--Zora Neale Hurston
--Zora Neale Hurston