AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR DATA COLLECTION IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Abstract

This academic paper presents an alternative approach to developing an in-depth interview guide for qualitative research data collection. Data use in qualitative research derives from various sources, including in-depth interviews, observation, participation, audiovisual, document review, and various social media applications. In most qualitative research projects, in-depth interviews are primarily used among these qualitative data sources. In order to obtain quality data from in-depth interviews, a quality, in-depth interview guide is needed to be used as a guideline for researchers in conducting an in-depth interview. Constructing an in-depth interview guide as a data collection tool is one of the most challenging tasks a novice qualitative researcher faces or those who have recently shifted to new different paradigms guiding their qualitative research projects. The most confusing part of developing an in-depth interview guide is ensuring the quality of the in-depth interview guide. Many of them apply a similar method to construct questionnaires in their quantitative research projects. For example, the Item Objective Congruence (IOC) is used for validating their newly constructed in-depth interview guide. To provide an alternative approach for novice qualitative researchers to develop their in-depth interview guide for the qualitative research projects. This article presents a simplified procedure for developing an in-depth interview guide. In creating an in-depth interview, the researcher can proceed according to the principles and methods of qualitative research presented in the article. It is essential to test and control the quality of the interview form to obtain an in-depth interview form that is an appropriate tool for conducting qualitative research.