The thoroughly revised Second Edition retains its original seven stage structure, continuing to focus on the practical, epistemological, and ethical issues involved with interviewing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-340) and index.

Introduction to interview research -- 1. Conceptualizing the research interview -- Research interviews, philosophical dialogues, and therapeutic interviews -- Epistemological issues of interviewing -- Ethical issues of interviewing -- Learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing -- 2. Seven stages of an interview investigation -- Thematizing and designing an interview study -- Conducting an interview -- Interview variations -- Interview quality -- Transcribing interviews -- Preparing for interview analysis -- Interview analysis focusing on meaning -- Interview analysis focusing on language -- Eclectic and theoretical analysis of interviews -- The social construction of validity -- Reporting interview knowledge -- Conversations about interviews.