Interviews

Question 1

What is it?

Answer 1

A conversation between a researcher and a interviewee where the researcher asks a set of questions

Question 2

2 types?

Answer 2

Structured

Unstructured

Question 3

Structured interviews?

Answer 3

Like questionnaires given to individuals or groups except an interviewer is present to ask questions

Question 4

What do S/I do?

Answer 4

Ask the same questions each time

Question 5

Are S/I open or closed?

Answer 5

Closed - multiple choice

Question 6

What type of data does s/I give?

Answer 6

Quantitative- reliable

Question 7

What is the response rate like in s/I?

Answer 7

Higher response rate

Question 8

Unstructured interview?

Answer 8

Informal, no rigid structure

Question 9

What are U/I good for researching?

Answer 9

Sensitive issues

Researcher must gain trust

Question 10

What type of questions do u/I use?

Answer 10

Open ended

Question 11

What type of data do u/I use?

Answer 11

Qualitative data

Question 12

Are u/I representative?

Answer 12

No because they use small samples

Question 13

Does it take long for an u/I?

Answer 13

Takes a long time to write up as you have to write down the whole conversation

Question 14

Example of s/I?

Answer 14

Young and willmot

Question 15

What did young and willmot want to find out?

Answer 15

Type of families people lived in in an area of London called Bethnal Green

Question 16

What did young and willmot do?

Answer 16

They went door to door and explained to people the aim of their study and asked them a few questions about who lived in the house

Question 17

What made Young and willmot a structured interview?

Answer 17

They asked the same questions