Resources
Interview Methodology Resources
Babbie, E. R. (2013). The Practice of Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Bamberger, M., Rugh, J., & Mabry, L. (2012). Real World Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints, 2nd Ed.. Los Angeles: Sage.
Better Evaluation: This webpage includes what qualitative interviewing is most useful for and what it is not. the Pros and Cons and the different approaches. http://betterevaluation.org/evaluation-options/interviews
Good resource that describes and differentiates qualitative interviews from other methods. Provides a good and short summary of best practices for in-depth interviews. http://ag.arizona.edu/sfcs/cyfernet/cyfar/Intervu5.htm
Denscombe, M. (1998) The Good Research Guide for Small-Scale Social Research Projects, Buckingham and Philadelphia: The Open University Press.
Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1989). Fourth generation evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Guba, E. G. , & Lincoln, Y. S. (1981). Effective evaluation: Improving the usefulness of evaluation results through responsive and naturalistic approaches.. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kvale, S. (1996). Inter Views: An introduction to qualitative research interviewing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mertens, D and Ginsberg, P, eds. (2009) Handbook of Social Research Ethics. London: Sage Publications
Qualitative Data Analysis Resources
Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative evaluation and research methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [General]
Saldana, J. (2013). The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, 2nd Ed. Los Angeles: Sage. [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Strauss, A. and J. Corbin. 2014. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory, 4th Ed. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (release date 12/05/14). [General]
Taylor-Powell, E., & Renner, M. (2003). Analyzing Qualitative Data. University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension. Madison, Wisconsin. (http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/g3658-12.pdf ) [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Analyze Qualitative Data from Evaluation Toolkit, The Pell Institute. Accessed 10/01/14. http://toolkit.pellinstitute.org/evaluation-guide/analyze/analyze-qualitative-data/ This resource provides a very simplistic overview of the qualitative data analysis process. [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Gibbs, G. R., (2007). 4 Thematic coding and categorizing. Analyzing Qualitative Data. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd. http://www.srmo.sagepub.com/view/analyzing-qualitative-data/n4.xml [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Gibbs, G. R., (2010). Coding part 2: Thematic coding. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_YXR9kp1_o [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Laidlaw, J. Content Analysis from BetterEvaluation. Accessed 11/05/14.http://betterevaluation.org/evaluation-options/content_analysis [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Mountain, A. Thematic Coding from BetterEvaluation. Accessed 11/05/14. http://betterevaluation.org/evaluation-options/content_analysis [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008. Common Analytical Approaches from Qualitative Research Guidelines Project. Accessed 11/05/14. [Coding / Analyzing Data]
Interview Studies IPM Examples
Hauser-Cram, P., & Shonkoff, J. P. (1988). Rethinking the assessment of child-focused outcomes. In H. B. Weiss & F. H. Jacobs (Eds.), Evaluating family programs (73-94). New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Russ-Eft, Darlene, & Preskill, Hallie. (2009). Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change. New York: Basic Books.