Design of Interviews Flashcards
interviews vary in the amount of
structure they have
interviews can be
unstructured or fully structured
open questions are associated with
unstructured interviews
closed questions are associated with
structured interviews
unstructured interviews and open questions are suitable for
personal information
maximize participant involvement
if its not important that answers aren’t compared
trained interviewers
structured interviews and closed questions are suitable for
obtaining data that’s easy to analyse
comparing responses
clear ideas of questions you want answered
limited training needed
personal information
unstructured interviews
maximize participant involvement
unstructured interviews
if its not important that answers aren’t compared
unstructured interviews
trained interviewers
unstructured interviews
obtaining data that’s easy to analyse
structured interviews
comparing responses
structured interviews
clear ideas of questions you want answered
structured interviews
limited training needed
structured interviews
what do you need to consider about the interviewer?
ethnicity
age
gender
