Structured Interviews Flashcards
A structured interview is a series of _____ asked directly by?
Questions
Researcher
1B.) The questions are tightly o___, pre-planned and the SAME for every participant
Organised
Structured Interviews are favoured by which sociologists?
Positivists
Why are structured interviews favoured by Positivists?
the data generated can be generalised and is likely to be reliable
4B.) Therefore establishing social ___?
Facts
{Case Study 1}
Which two functionalists looked into the symmetrical family?
Young & Willmott
{Case Study 1} :
Y&W interviewed families in which area of London?
Bethnal Green
{Case Study 1} :
Young & Willmott’s research was made up of how many people?
933
{Case Study 1} :
Y&W employed interviewers and each interview lasted between?
10-30 mins
{Case Study 1} :
All questions were s___, making it easy for multiple people to carry out the interviews.
Standardised
The second study is ? {related to crime}
CSEW
The second element of the CSEW involves structured interviews & what percentage of respondents agree to take part?
75%
CSEW carries out around ____ structured interviews under which independent research company?
4,000
Kantar Public
Another example of a Structured Interview is Townsend and the ____ index
Poverty
Townsend didnt like how ? was measured and so developed his own index which included things like clothes,fuel & l___ activities.
Relative Deprivation
Leisure Activities
A {PRACTICAL} strength of structured interviews is that training interviewers is simple and ?
inexpensive
18B.) How are results easily quantifiable?
closed questions/pre-coded responses
{ ETHICAL STRENGTH}
even though they’re largely face to face, ? of structured interviews are kept ?
RESULT JUST MAKES UP STATISTICAL PROFILE
Transcripts
Anonymous
Theoretically, structured interviews are good because they’re likely to be ?
Reliable
23B.) {THEORETICAL STRENGTH} :
They’re reliable because the researcher can make sure the interview is conducted in the same way, with the same Q____ & in the same order.
Questions
23C.) Therefore, someone else can repeat the research and get ?
Same/similar results
The {PRACTICAL} limitation of structured interviews is that they’re in___
Inflexible
{PRACTICAL LIMITATION} :
They’re inflexible because interviewers cant e___ on leads and the interview is merely a “___ in time”
Expand
Snapshot
A possible {ETHICAL} limitation of structured interviews is that they can touch on s___ topics
Sensitive
28B.) {ETHICAL LIMIATION} :
If a question is sensitive & int___, this can lead to dishonesty or ? transcripts
Intruding
Incomplete
30B.) {THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :
they’re said to p___ h___ participants who are only given a choice from pre-set answers
Pigeon Hole
30D.) {THEORETICAL LIMIITATION} :
The presence of who could also impact answers?
Interviewer
