an analysis of qualitative data you will each collect by undertaking an interview. Your task is to conduct an interview, record it, transcribe a sample of your recordings, undertake some initial analysis of the content of the conversation and reflect on the process of collecting data this way. It is expected you will support this using insights gained by your wider reading on the subject of qualitative interviewing.The aims of the assignment are:
to familiarise yourself with the use of a qualitative method (in this case interviewing) for both data production and data analysis
to develop your research interviewing and transcription skills
to promote reflection on the process of doing qualitative research.
The assignment task is to use a semi-structured or an unstructured interview process to discover your interviewees views and perspectives on the subject of the experiences of postgraduate students who study abroad.