Discussion 2.1: Research Interviews

I have had only one experience with research interviews which was for my health class for a paper about a health facility. I chose the American Red Cross located in the north part of San Jose, where I occasionally donate blood and I actually interviewed a blood technician as I was donating. I cannot recall the exact types of questions I asked but I can assure you that it was not as structured as the Lull/Coopeman recommends – there was no structure at all. I had a list of questions that I went in with, about ten or so, that were more or less in a random order and I powered through them. Once I got to writing the paper I figured out that I did not get enough information that the research paper required. Had I been savvy about “primary” or “neutral” or any other types of questions there were and proper interview organization I would have an easier time writing the paper.