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Stax2004
BibType ARTICLE
Key Stax2004
Author(s) Hanne-Pernille Stax
Title Paths to precision: probing turn format and turn-taking problems in standardized interviews
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Tag(s) EMCA, conversation analysis, probing, projection of turn completion, standardized interview
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Year 2004
Language English
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 6
Number 1
Pages 77-94
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DOI 10.1177/1461445604039440
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Abstract

Some scripted interview questions, built as multi-unit turns, generate a response before they reach their prescribed completion. Such ‘untimely’ interruption and premature production of responses may generate flawed data. In this article I will describe how untimely interruption also presents a problem with regard to non-scripted follow-up questions – or ‘probes’ – to closed survey items. I will try to show that some probing formats are more vulnerable than others to being interrupted before the listing of a second response option. I shall also consider the more general implications that probing format has for respondents’ understanding of ‘the ground rules’ for participating in a standardized interview. Current practices and recommendations for probing will be discussed in the light of the objective of collecting valid and reliable data.

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