Remote Qualitative Studies

Welcome! This LibGuide is created to provide information and to support Rice faculty, staff, and students conduct successful remote qualitative research. Please contact axiong@rice.edu to recommend a new resource, e.g. good research article, remote interview technology, a good discussion forum, etc.

• Aquilino, W.S. (1992) Telephone Versus Face-to-Face Interviewing for Household Drug Use Surveys. International Journal of the Addictions 27(1): 71–91 .
• Cachia, M., & Millward, L. (2011). The telephone medium and semi-structured interviews: A complementary fit. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management,6 (3), 265–277. DOI:10.1108/17465641111188420. 
• Carr, ECJ, Worth, A (2001) The use of the telephone interview for research. Nursing Times Research 6: 511–524.
• Chang, Linchiat. (2001) A Comparison of Samples and Response Quality Obtained from RDD Telephone Survey Methodology and Internet Survey Methodology. The Ohio State University / OhioLINK.
• Drabble, L., Trocki, K. F., Salcedo, B., Walker, P. C., & Korcha, R. A. (2016). Conducting qualitative interviews by telephone: Lessons learned from a study of alcohol use among sexual minority and heterosexual women. Qualitative Social Work, 15(1), 118-133.
• Fenig, S. and Levav, I. (1993) Telephone vs Face-to-Face Interviewing in a Community Psychiatric Survey. American Journal of Public Health. 83 (6), 896.
• Greenfield, T.K., Midanik, L.T. and Rogers, J.D. (2000). Effects of Telephone versus Face-to-Face Interview Modes on Reports of Alcohol Consumption. Addiction 95(20): 277–284. 
• Hanna, Paul. (2012) Using internet technologies (such as Skype) as a research medium: a research note. Qualitative Research, vol. 12, 2: pp. 239-242.
• Hannah Deakin, Kelly Wakefield. Skype interviewing: reflections of two PhD researchers. Qualitative Research. Volume: 14 issue: 5, page(s): 603-616
• Harvey, C.D. (1988) Telephone Survey Techniques. Canadian Home Economics Journal 38(1): 30–35
• Holt, A. (2010). Using the telephone for narrative interviewing: A research note. Qualitative Research,10,113–121.
• Iacono, V. L., Symonds, P., & Brown, D. H. K. (2016). Skype as a tool for qualitative research interviews. Sociological Research Online,21, 1–15.
• Irvine, A. (2011). Duration, dominance and depth in telephone and face-to-face interviews: A comparative exploration. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(3), 202-220.
• Irvine, A., Drew, P., & Sainsbury, R. (2013). “Am I not answering your questions properly?” Clarification, adequacy and responsiveness in semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews. QualitativeResearch,13, 87–106.
• Janghorban, R., Roudsari, R. L., & Taghipour, A. (2014). Skype interviewing: The new generation of online synchronous interview in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 9, 1–3.
• Johnson, D. R., Scheitle, C. P., & Ecklund, E. H. (2019). Beyond the In-Person Interview? How Interview Quality Varies Across In-person, Telephone, and Skype Interviews. Social Science Computer Review, 0894439319893612.
• Jordan, L.A., Marcus, A.C. and Reeder, L.G. (1980) Response Styles in Telephone and Household Interviewing: A Field Experiment. Public Opinion Quarterly 44(2): 210–222 
• Khurshid, A., & Sahai, H. (1995). Miscellanea, A bibliography on telephone survey methodology. Journal of Official Statistics, 11(3), 325.
• Laurie Drabble, Karen Trocki, Brenda Salcedo, Patricia Walker, and Rachael Korcha. Conducting qualitative interviews by telephone: Lessons learned from a study of alcohol use among sexual minority and heterosexual women. Qualitative Social Work (2016): 118-133. doi:10.1177/1473325015585613
• Lepkowski, James M. et al. Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) 1.129 (2010): 172–178.
• Midanik, L.T., Hines, A.M., Greenfield, T.K. and Rogers, J.D. (1999) Face-to-Face Versus Telephone Interviews: Using Cognitive Methods to Assess Alcohol Survey Questions. Contemporary Drug Problems 26: 673–693
• Miller, C. (1995) In-depth Interviewing by Telephone: Some Practical Considerations. Evaluation and Research in Education 9(1): 29–38. DOI: 10.1080/09500799509533370 
• Sipes, J. B., Roberts, L. D., & Mullan, B. (2019). Voice-only Skype for use in researching sensitive topics: a research note. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 1-17.
• Sobin, C., Weissman, M.M., Goldstein, R.B., Adams, P., Wickramaratne P., Warner V. and Lish J.D. (1993) Diagnostic Interviewing for Family Studies: Comparing Telephone and Face-to-Face Methods for the Diagnosis of Lifetime Psychiatric Disorders. Psychiatric Genetics 3(4): 227–333. 
• Sturgis, J. E., & Hanrahan, K. J. (2004). Comparing telephone and face-to-face qualitative interviewing: A research note. Qualitative Research,4, 107–118. 
• Sullivan, Jessica R. (2012) Skype: An Appropriate Method of Data Collection for Qualitative Interviews? The Hilltop Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 10.
• Paulus, T., Jackson, K., Davidson, J., Paulus, T., Jackson, K., & Davidson, J. (2017). Digital Tools for Qualitative Research: Disruptions and Entanglements. Qualitative Inquiry, 23 (10), 751–756. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800417731080
• Vogl, S. (2013). Telephone versus face-to-face interviews: Mode effect on semi structured interviews with children. Sociological Methodology, 43, 133–177. In JSTOR.