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sent to the interviewees before the interview. That form contained the
following information:-
_ names of the researcher and the interviewee.
_ space for the day of the interview.
_ the fact that the interviewee agrees to talk.
_ the fact that the interviewee agrees to the record of the interview to
become available to others.
_ the fact that the interviewee transfers copyright of the talk to the
researcher.
_ space for the signature of both the interviewer and interviewee.
After the interviews, I sent the copies of the interviews to the interviewees,
and all this procedure impressed on the interviewees the seriousness of the
exchange and motivated him to give his/her best.
The interview.
On arrival I asked each interviewee as to how long would we talk, where
that was not ascertained beforehand. I then had to reveal that I knew
enough about the subject for the informant to feel that he/she was talking to
someone competent and interesting.
During the interviews, I remained in command, but I avoided show-off as
well as arguments and expressions of dissent and ridicule. When the
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