Dyadic Interviews as a Tool for Qualitative Evaluation. (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morgan, David L.; Eliot, Susan; Lowe, Robert A.; Gorman, Paul
• Is Part Of: American journal of evaluation. Volume 37:Number 1(2016:Mar.)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: dyadic interviews -- electronic health records -- focus groups -- physicians -- qualitative methods; Evaluation -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Educational evaluation -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1098214015611244
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1098-2140

Abstract

Although evaluation researchers frequently make use of focus groups and individual interviews as sources of qualitative data, there has been far less attention to dyadic interviews that create a conversation between two research participants. This article describes dyadic interviews as a format that shares many of the advantages of focus groups, in terms of the interaction between the participants, at the same time that it minimizes problems related to bringing a number of participants together in the same place at the same. We illustrate the uses of dyadic interviews by describing the evaluation of a program where rural physicians were assisted in the adoption of electronic health records systems. We conclude by considering some of the possible future directions for developing dyadic interviews as a method in evaluation research.