There are three-part to this assignment For the first part of this assignment, you need to write and share a brief interview protocol that you could use for your own dissertation research. (This assignment is relevant even if you’re doing strictly quantitative research. You are gaining that doctoral perspective by examining questions in different ways.) To get a better understanding of interview protocols, read Chapter 20: Qualitative Data Collection in your Mills and Gay textbook and examine the following:
Interview Protocol Example Interview Protocol Example – Alternative Formats
After reviewing the document, carefully choose a related topic that could best be answered by conducting an interview, and, using the example as a guide, prepare an interview protocol for that question. For this exercise, write between five and eight questions, and post your interview protocol to the discussion board.
The journal The Qualitative Report is available through the Waggoner Library. Many of these articles regard the creation/implementation of interview protocols. Cite an appropriate article from The Qualitative Report to accompany your interview protocol.
Waggoner Library: The Qualitative Report
The object of this assignment is for you to practice writing interview protocols as well as provide and receive constructive criticism about interview protocols. When you respond to your classmates’ posts, use constructive, supported statements like “Question 3 is a good question because . . .” or “Consider changing the wording on Question 5 to. . .”
For part 2: For this assignment, you will conduct an interview with someone who possesses characteristics similar to those of your prospective research participants. Note that you do not use a potential participant, but someone similar to your potential participants.
We have two items to help you prepare for this assignment.
Conference submission by Doganca and Saysel. Conference submission by Doganca and Saysel. – Alternative Formats Focus particularly on section II. V. Qualitative Analysis.
Doganca, Z., & Saysel, A.K. (2012) Proceedings from International Systems Dynamics Conference ‘2012: The 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. St. Gallen, SZ.
Coding Text Using Microsoft Word [12:20]. This video contains helpful information plus a good example of coding qualitative data. This video is not for this specific course. In the introduction to the video, ignore the reference to an item in Blackboard.
Peach, H. (2014 June 30). Coding Text Using Microsoft Word. Retrieved from
Incorporate the feedback provided, not only by your cohort members but also from the professor, to revise your interview protocol from Assignment 6.2. Using the updated interview protocol, interview the person you have selected and audio record the interview. For this assignment, your recording should be about 10 to 15 minutes in length. To accomplish this, you will need to limit the number of interview questions you use. (To get an idea of the time your questions need, we recommend timing yourself asking and answering the questions. Based on your time, you can then adjust the questions you need to use.)
Using the recording, prepare a transcriipt of the interview. Carefully read the interview transcriipt, and then analyze it as if it were a piece of data you collected for your dissertation research. The following are guidelines to help you analyze the interview transcriipt:
As you read the printed transcriipt, use the margins to make notes of thoughts you have about what you are reading. Do not attempt to make your notes adapt to any preconceived notions you have about the topic of the interview.
Read the transcriipt a second time, making note of any additional thoughts or ideas you have about the interview.
Assign a one- or two-word code to each of the notes you made. (Examine the coding example on page 573 of your textbook and the diagram of categories on page 576.)
What similarities do you see in your notes? What themes do you see emerging? Do you see a consistency or a variation in your notes throughout the interview?
Reassign any codes you deem appropriate.
Using the comment function in Word, transfer your written notes to the transcriipt. Using the highlight function in Word, mark the transcriipt with different colors identifying the codes you used. For each color code, explain in a few sentences how you identified each passage of the transcriipt with that code. We are interested in a succinct descriiption of your thoughts at each stage of your analysis. We want to know when you changed your mind about codes and what precipitated that change.
Your submission should include your color-coded transcriipt and a few paragraphs answering these questions:
What research question was this interview intended to answer?
What expected and unexpected themes emerged?
How do the responses you collected using this qualitative instrument (interview protocol) compare with those you expect from a corresponding quantitative instrument (survey, test battery, etc.)?
What changes might you make to the protocol before using it in your study?
How will the information you gathered help to answer one of your research questions?
Finally: Choose a published qualitative article that uses the case study research method in organizational or educational leadership. In your initial post, 1) describe the research problem and the purpose of the study, the research questions, the research design, sampling method, data collection method, and data analysis, and 2) critique the study and explain how you would improve the study in its qualitative form (do not stray into suggestions about quantitative or mixed-methods approaches).. Part three should be a minimum of 300 words.