This article contributes to methodological discussions of monitoring interviewer-administered surveys during fieldwork on wife abuse in India. Researchers collecting primary data often have to navigate unfamiliar social and cultural norms of conduct, travel to remote locations and have to obtain fluency in multiple languages to begin the process of conducting interviews. Further, conducting interviews may pose additional complications as cultural gendered norms often dictate daily life, such that conversations on domestic violence are a taboo. This article examines the entire context of the data collection, including selection and training of interviewers, the locations and the participants for the study, with the purpose of presenting the approach researchers took to obtain data at a complicated location. The article critically examines the monitoring process during data collection in detail, and presents a variety of challenges and their resulting solutions that lead to high quality data. Finally, strategies are recommended that can help researchers plan for the human and other resources needed to monitor interviews in such a setting and to strengthen interviewer capabilities throughout the fieldwork period.

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实地考察期间的监测小组访谈：印度的一些经验教训

本文有助于在印度虐待妻子的实地调查期间监测访调员管理的调查的方法论讨论。收集原始数据的研究人员通常必须了解不熟悉的社会和文化行为规范，前往偏远地区，并且必须流利地使用多种语言才能开始进行采访。此外，进行采访可能会带来额外的复杂性，因为文化性别规范经常支配日常生活，因此关于家庭暴力的谈话是一个禁忌。本文考察了数据收集的整个背景，包括访谈员的选择和培训、研究地点和参与者，目的是介绍研究人员在复杂地点获取数据的方法。这篇文章批判性地检查了数据收集过程中的监控过程，并提出了各种挑战及其导致高质量数据的解决方案。最后，建议的策略可以帮助研究人员规划在这种情况下监控采访所需的人力和其他资源，并在整个实地工作期间加强采访者的能力。