Interviewing by telephone: Specific considerations, opportunities, and challenges

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 428-445

  Block, Emily S ^a   Erskine, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Interviewing; Qualitative research; Relational distance; Research methods; Telephone interviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883778957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/160940691201100409     Document Type: Article

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