8.4.5: Asking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews

Question 1

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Answer 1

https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/298/docs/interviewing_techniques_asking_questions.pdf

Question 2

journalistic vs ethnographic interviews

Question 3

What may happen if we assume we are familiar with an area but end up asking the wrong questions in the wrong way or omitting an important response choice?

Question 4

What is the benefit of semistructured interviews with open-ended questions? Name the steps to execute in the next following cards

Question 5

1. Why is gaining rapport important?

Question 6

What is the middle road that interviewers should take?

Question 7

“interview you” vs “talk with you”

Question 8

“when would you do that?” vs “what do you mean by that?”

Question 9

Why should things like age, background, title, and other personal things be asked last?

Question 10

When and how should you ask sensitive questions?

Question 11

What are presuming questions and how should you use it?

Being indirect and general instead of targeting the individual directly

Question 12

Why should presuming questions be used sparingly?

Question 13

What is a grand tour question? Why should it be specific?

Question 14

direct language questions vs hypothetical interaction questions

Question 15

What are prompts? What 2 things do they do?

Question 16

planned prompts vs informal prompts (floating)

Question 17

Instead of putting words in the respondent’s mouth, what should the interviewer do?