interviews Flashcards
Give 3 practical advantages to structured interviews:
Can cover large numbers
Straight forward information
Response rates are higher than questionarres.
give 2 practical limitations
time consuming
not everyone will be willing to answer questions
who favours structured interviews/
Positivists
Why do positivists favour structured interviews (theoretical)
reliable and representative
give a real life example:
Stephen Jones:
Interviewed 50 women in prison - raised ethical concerns.
give 3 practical advantages to unstructured interviews
develop a rapport
flexible
produce large amounts of data
Give a limitation of unstructued interviews
can take a long time
Who favours unstructured interviews
interpretavists
Give two theoretical advantages to unstructured interviews according to interpretavists
strong in validity
Grounded Theory
What is the grounded theory and who said it>
Glaser and strauss - researchers should have an open mind and grounded theory allows them to modify their hypothesis.
why dont positivists like unstructured interviews
not reliable or representative
What did Matza say?
“techniques of neutralisation” - criminals may defect the blame - lacking validity.
