Interviews

Question 1

What is Unstructured interview?

Answer 1

conversation between the researcher and the participant where the questions are based on the responses given.Usually provide Qualitative data

Question 2

Strengths of Unstructured Interview?

Answer 2

• Allows room for interpretation is representative of the study if there are any differences we know it is because of individual differences
  *can be repeated and high in reliability
• Able to build rapports with respondents to gain more valid response
• Higher response rate than questionnaires

Question 3

Disadvantage of Unstructured interview?

Answer 3

• Difficult to replicate
• Can take time to analyse
• can be researcher bias as questions can be leading could have imposition problem
• Bad for sensetive topics because researcher can’t empathise with respondent as they can ask questions which might be sensitive
• Hawthorne effect because researcher might have empathy on them

Question 4

What is Structured interview?

Answer 4

conversation face to face between the researcher and the participant where the questions are set in advance or Fixed questions

Question 5

Advantage of Structured interview?

Answer 5

• Allows to collect quantitative data easy to interrogate high reliability
• Results can be replicated as the answers are to expanded follows an interview schedule that has a rigid set of questions
• High response rate as it is quicker

Question 6

Disadvantage of Structured interview?

Answer 6

• Cannot have room for interpretation as researcher cannot explain it
• researcher cannot ask to expand

Question 7

What is Semi-Structured Interview?

Answer 7

where the interviewer does have a list of questions they intend to ask, but they are happy to ask supplementary questions if required or to leave out questions if deemednecessary.

Question 8

Advantage of Semi-Structured Interview?

Answer 8

• Allows interpretation on questions that need more explanation
• Can be flexible because it can get both quantitative and qualitative data

Question 9

Disadvantage of Semi-Structured interview?

Answer 9

• Feminsts might be against it as they might beleive there is imposition problem
• You can obtain both data but it will be hard to analyse both

Question 10

What is Group interviews?

Answer 10

Where the interview involves more than one participant.

Question 11

Advantages of Group interviews?

Answer 11

• Allows it to be more representative as not only one person is interviewed it will mean e.g. large scale participant are most likely to represent whole class
• Group interviews allow others to get idea from them and obtain rich meaningful data
• Participants more relaxed in a group - more likely to open up

Question 12

Disadvantage of Group interviews?

Answer 12

• Can’t be accurate because individuals might be influenced by social desirability
• Group might have different opinion which maybe dominated by others
• Data hard to analyse or quantify from group discussion

Question 13

What are the Practical issues with interview?

Answer 13

• Cost-Training and recruiting interviewers may be expensive especially for Unstructured
• Can be time consuming to gain representative sample and to transcribe and analyse findings
• Skill levels for required interviewer varies depending on the structure of interview e.g. easier for structure interview because given fixed questions whereas unstructured need to ask follow up questions

Question 14

Ethical issues with interview?

Answer 14

• Their may be social sensitive topic issue however this cause respondent to recall psychologically upsetting memories so developing a rapport is the best way to solve this
• Illegal activities may be disclosed during interviews which present researcher with ethic dilemma because can affect relationship