2. The Interview Those who want to use qualitative methods because they seem easier than statistics are in for a rude awakening (Taylor and Bogan 1994: 53).

3. Four interview situations Informal interviewing Unstructured interviewing Semistructure interviewing Structured interviewing

4. Informal interviewing Lack of control Lack of structure Reminder tool Constant jotting To build greater rapport

5. Unstructured interviewing Minimum control Awareness of both (interviewer and interviewee) Based on clear plan Most widely used in cultural anthropology

6. Usefulness Develop formal guides for semi structure, to learn what questions to include, Building initial rapport: before moving to more formal interviews, Talking to informants who will not tolerate formal interviews

7. Semistructured interviewing One chance only Based on interview guide When dealing with elite members of a community

8. Structured interviewing (uniformity) All informant asked the same questions Explicit set of instructions for interviewers For example: self-administered questionnaires

9. Tape recorder Use in all situations Different types of transcriptions Not a substitute for note taking

10. Deference and expectancy effects 1.when informants tell you what they think you want to know 2. Tendency from experimenters to obtain results they expect

11. How do anthropologists collect data?

12. Four types of field notes Jottings The diary The log Field notes: methodological, descriptive and analytic

13. Informed consent form