Business FAQ
Overview
Many of you are interested in conducting interviews, creating surveys, or otherwise conducting other types of qualitative research for your projects. This page gives you some links to different references (mostly books) on these subjects.
If you would like to locate additional resources in addition to the ones below, here are some Subject Headings that you can search for in Franklin:
Interviews
Here is a list of books available in the library or online that provide some guidance on designing interview questions:
- Interviewing and representation in qualitative research / John Schostak.Available in Van Pelt Library
- Handbook of interview research : context & method/ editors, Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein.Available in Van Pelt Library
- The research interview / Bill Gillham.Available in Van Pelt Library
- Interviewing [I] [electronic resource] / edited by Nigel Fielding.Full text available online
General Guides to Qualitative Research
- Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches / John W. CreswellAvailable in Van Pelt Library
- Handbook of research design & social measurement / Delbert C. Miller, Neil J. Salkind.Available in Van Pelt Library
- Case study research [electronic resource] / edited by Matthew David.Full text available online through the library
- Sage Benchmarks in Social Research MethodsThis links you to the library's Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods collection, which has e-resources on many different aspects of social sciences research.
Surveys
Here is a list of resources on survey construction and design:
- Interaction and the standardized survey interview : the living questionnaire / Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra.Available in Van Pelt Library
- Questionnaires [electronic resource] / edited by Martin Bulmer.Full text available online
