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Elite Interviews and State Politics Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2021

Glenn Beamer
Glenn Beamer*
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University of Virginia
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Abstract

Elite interviews have long been a staple of state politics research. Improved information technology facilitates the use of elite interviews, but also underscores the need for attending to their design, operationalization, and analysis. This essay provides a framework for developing, conducting, and interpreting elite interviews, and suggests means to enhance the validity and reliability of findings by considering instrumentation, sampling, data collection, and transcript analysis.

Type
The Practical Researcher
Information
State Politics & Policy Quarterly , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , Spring 2002 , pp. 86 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 2002

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