Stax2004
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| 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 |
| URL | Link |
| 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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