Qualitative interviewing of respondents in large representative surveys

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

"Large representative surveys are using mixed methods to an ever-increasing degree. Biomarkers, register data, and experiments, for example, provide different types of data that can be linked with survey data. The use of qualitative interviewing of participants in longitudinal surveys is still rare, however, in the social sciences. Yet qualitative methods have proven just as valuable as quantitative methods in providing insights into social reality by reflecting the multidimensionality of individual life courses and lived realities. Furthermore, indepth interviews can provide a better understanding of individual decision-making processes and behavior resulting from more or less unconscious strategies. They also provide insights into decisive turning points in people’s lives. Finally, by linking quantitative and qualitative data, the reliability of longitudinal information can be analyzed thoroughly in terms of accuracy as well as meaningfulness." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 9
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: RatSWD Working Paper Series (143)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung ; qualitative Methode ; qualitatives Interview ; Umfrageforschung ; Längsschnittuntersuchung ; Methode ; Experiment ; Daten ; Sozialwissenschaft ; Alltag ; Lebenslauf ; Verhalten ; Entscheidungsfindung ; quantitative Methode ; Verhaltenswissenschaft ; Bestandsaufnahme

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Groh-Samberg, Olaf ; Tucci, Ingrid
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/43625
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST