意思是“汇总访谈/采访”
指的是你对多个不同对象进行访谈然后综合总结分析结果,是一种定性分析数据的技术手段.
参考下面的对convergent interview的解说：
Convergent interviewing is a technique you can use to gather information.Although it has many uses,it is most valuable when you are in some doubt about the information which is to be collected.Also,if you intend to use surveys to collect information,convergent interviewing can help you to decide what questions to ask in the survey.
You could summarise convergent interviewing as follows,with only a little over-simplification:
First put the person at ease.When you've established rapport,ask a single,broad question.Then keep the person talking for as long as you can,about one hour or a little longer.Then and only then ask any specific questions.
Conduct a pair of interviews (preferably by different interviewers).Compare the themes which emerged from each.If the two informants agreed on a theme,in later interviews probe for disconfirming views.If they disagreed about some topic,in later interviews probe for an explanation.
It may now be apparent that convergent interviewing combines some of the key advantages of both unstructured and structured interviews.
* Unstructured interviews (without specific questions) collect broad information.But they can be hard to interpret.
* Structured interviews (conducted like a face-to-face survey) collect information efficiently.But you may never know if you asked the right questions.
Convergent interviewing achieves its result by leaving much of the content unstructured.You don't ask only a series of pre-determined questions.The information is therefore determined by the person being interviewed.
The process,however,is tightly structured.You analyse the information systematically.You use only relevant information from earlier stages in subsequent stages.The systematic approach extends to sampling,data collection,and particularly interpretation.This helps to improve efficiency and reduce bias.