TY - BOOK ID - 5262442 TI - Interaction and the standardized survey interview : the living questionnaire PY - 2000 SN - 0521662028 052166571X 0511011032 051131096X 0511048874 0511489455 1280420898 0511173180 0511152191 1107118379 9780511011030 9780521662024 9780521665711 051103363X 9780511033636 9780511489457 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Interviewing in sociology. KW - Interviewing. KW - Social surveys. KW - Questionnaires. KW - Entretiens (Sociologie) KW - Entretiens KW - Enquêtes sociales KW - Questionnaires KW - Interviewing in sociology KW - Interviewing KW - Social surveys KW - #SBIB:303H30 KW - Community surveys KW - Surveys, Social KW - Social sciences KW - Surveys KW - Questioning KW - Counseling KW - Focus groups KW - Interviews KW - Social case work KW - Sociology KW - Kwalitatieve methoden: algemeen KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Social Sciences KW - Social Change KW - Enquêtes sociales UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5262442 AB - This study investigates in detail the interaction between interviewers and respondents in standardised social survey interviews. Applying the techniques of conversation analysis, Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra reveals how certain rules of normal conversation fail to apply in interviews based on a standard questionnaire, and offers original empirical evidence to show what really happens. Her book demonstrates that interview results can only be understood as products of the contingencies of the interview situation, and not, as is usually assumed, the unmediated expressions of respondents' real opinions. Her conclusions have important implications for anyone interested in effective survey compilation and interpretation. The book is highly accessible, setting out the basic tools of conversation analysis simply and clearly, and suggesting ways of improving questionnaire design wherever possible. Its approach will be of great interest to students and researchers of survey methodology. ER -