The Focused Interview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2202272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Κ Merton, Robert K Merton, Patricia L Kendall |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 541-557 |
| Publication date | 1946-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219886 |
| OpenAlex | W2052327508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 234 |
The focused interview is designed to determine the responses of persons exposed to a situation previously analyzed by the investigator. Its chief functions are to discover: (1) the significant aspects of the total situation to which response has occurred; (2) discrepancies between anticipated and actual effects; (3) responses of deviant subgroups in the population; and (4) the processes involved in experimentally induced effects. Procedures for satisfying the criteria of specificity, range, and depth in the interview are described
Developmental psychology · Interview · Population · Range (aeronautics) · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 234 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 1948 - 2026 (79) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 188 |