Guidance for Resolving Field Issues in Conducting Interview for Qualitative Research: Guidance for Novice Researchers
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This academic article aims to present problems and guidelines for solving field problems in conducting interviews for qualitative research. The study was conducted by reviewing relevant literature and extracting information to use as a basis for writing this article. The scope of the study consists of 1. Introduction 2. Review 3. Summary of the study results 4. New knowledge gained from the study 5. Suggestions The results of the study found that the important elements of the interview consisted of 9 elements: 1. Researcher 2. Informant 3. Research methods 4. Research tools 5. Research location 6. Research ethics 7. Culture regarding research 8. Research information 9. Expected research results: Interviews can be divided into 3 main types: 1. Unstructured interviews 2. Semi-structured interviews and 3. Structured interviews. The interview method consists of 4 methods: 1. Face-to-face interview method 2. Method of interview using group discussion 3. How to interview by phone 4. Online interview methods, applications, field problems and solutions in interviews are: 1. Problems that may occur in documents and tools used in interviews. 2. Problems that may arise in accessing information providers and interview locations. 3. Problems that may arise from the interviewer. 4. Problems that may arise from the researcher interviewing 5. Problems that may arise from the environment From this study, the study team presented issues and solutions to field problems that interview researchers, especially new researchers or researchers who have changed the paradigm from being a qualitative researcher, can apply. To be used as a guideline for conducting interviews in qualitative research
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสาร ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสารไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใด ๆ
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