In this lab we will read transcripts on open-ended interviews with professional burglars. Some of the guiding research questions that this study seeks to answer are:
In answering these and other questions, you need to think about what different patterns there are in the transcripts that you read. It is unlikely that there will be only one way of organizing a burglary, to pick one example, but it is also unlikely that everyone does it in a completely unique way.
The interview transcripts were obtained from ICPSR.
Use a table of random numbers or a random number generator to select at least 3 interviews. Click here to got to a random number generator. Request: 1 set of 3 numbers ranging from 1 to 105.
Do not print the transcripts!
Read the three interviews and write about any common themes or patterns that you can identify in the responses given by the burglars. It may help to compare answers to the same questions in the different interviews. You may want to pick one or two of the research questions listed above to answer.
The first interview usually takes a long time to read, then each additional interview will be faster (because you know what to expect).
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