If only qualitative research were as simple as calling Ikea. |
Recently, however, my distaste for reading instructions has begun to change. I am taking a qualitative methods course, and much of what I am reading feels so much like an instruction manual. Although the readings technically are not instructions, they do provide protocols and examples, and that's about when my eyes start to glaze over. Yet I am in the process of trying to figure out how to interview people, and I am still tweaking my interview questions because 1) I'm afraid to do this and 2) I really need to read the instruction manual. This is not to say that there is an actual instruction manual for qualitative research. But I've been dissecting much more intentionally the readings I am assigned now, and also going back and re-reading a textbook I have that I used last summer. Who knew, but it's full of useful information! I am still learning by doing most of the time, however for right now, my doing is complemented by reading the instructions.
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