Self-reporting data: Interviews

Question 1

What are the pros of a structured interview (predetermined questions)?
3

Answer 1

• Easily repeated
• Answers predictable, easy to analyse
• Interviewer can provide extra info

Question 2

What are the cons of a structured interview?

2

Answer 2

• Researcher bias (expectations influence answers)

- Ppt may feel reluctant to reveal personal info

Question 3

What are the pros of semi + unstructured interview?

2

Answer 3

• Detailed info gained, subsequent q’s shaped to ppt, ^validity (holistic)
• ^Inter rater if recorded, reanalysed by ^researchers

Question 4

What are the cons of semi + unstructured interview?

3

Answer 4

• Interviewer bias, ^prone to leading q’s
• > Validity (social desirability bias)
• Picking themes = subjective

Question 5

What are the features of interviews?

4

Answer 5

• Structured
• Unstructured
• Semi-structured
• Most q’s open, some may be closed

Question 6

What are structured interviews?

1

Answer 6

• All q’s predetermined

Question 7

What are unstructured interviews?

1

Answer 7

• No q’s determined in advance

Question 8

What are semi structured interviews?

1

Answer 8

• Some q’s determined in advance but most follow up q’s