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Using Joint Interviews to Add Analytic Value

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ID4675476
AuthorsL Polak (0000-0002-7298-4454, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, corresponding author), John Green (0000-0002-2315-5326, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom), Judith Green (0000-0002-3379-6733)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue12
Pages1638-1648
Publication date2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732315580103
PMID25850721
OpenAlexW2131694675
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited34

Joint interviewing has been frequently used in health research, and is the subject of a growing methodological literature. We review this literature, and build on it by drawing on a case study of how people make decisions about taking statins. This highlights two ways in which a dyadic approach to joint interviewing can add analytic value compared with individual interviewing. First, the analysis of interaction within joint interviews can help to explicate tacit knowledge and to illuminate the range of often hard-to-access resources that are drawn upon in making decisions. Second, joint interviews mitigate some of the weaknesses of interviewing as a method for studying practices; we offer a cautious defense of the often-tacit assumption that the "naturalness" of joint interviews strengthens their credibility as the basis for analytic inferences. We suggest that joint interviews are a particularly appropriate method for studying complex shared practices such as making health decisions

Credibility · Epistemology · Interview · Knowledge management · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Data Analysis and Archiving · Health Policy Implementation Science · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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