Qualitative Primary Methods: Unstructured Interview

Question 1

What are Unstructured Interviews?

Answer 1

Interviews where questions are asked by the researcher and can go off into other questions

Question 2

Are Unstructured Interviews Participant-led?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What does it mean if Unstructured Interviews are Participant-led?

Answer 3

It means the participant is encouraged to talk for themselves

Question 4

What does it mean if Unstructured Interviews are Flexible?

Answer 4

The discussion is able to change as the interview goes on

Question 5

What does it mean if there are empathetic discussions of sensitive issues in relation to it being an unstructured interview?

Answer 5

Their informal nature are more likely to put the participant at ease

Question 6

What does it mean if you are able to check the understanding of something a participant has said?

Answer 6

The participant can get a better understanding of what a participant means with their answers