American Journal of Sociology, volume 51, issue 6, pages 541-557

The Focused Interview

Robert K. Merton

Patricia L. Kendall

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2002-07-26

University of Chicago Press

Journal: American Journal of Sociology

scimago Q1

SJR: 2.290

CiteScore: 5.8

Impact factor: 4.4

ISSN: 00029602, 15375390

DOI: 10.1086/219886

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Sociology and Political Science

Abstract

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.

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