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Public Opinion Quarterly 36:159-175 (1972)
© 1972 American Association for Public Opinion Research

INTERVIEWING AN ULTRA-ELITE*

HARRIET ZUCKERMAN, Associate Professor of Sociology

Columbia University

Based on a study of Nobel laureates in science, this article examines the strategy and tactics of interviewing members of an ultra-elite—the thin layer of individuals with the greatest influence, prestige, and power in an institutional sphere. It focuses in particular on techniques of legitimating the interview task and of tailoring interview schedules to suit the special qualifications of each respondent.

*This investigation was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation to the Columbia University Program in the Sociology of Science.


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