Unstructured Interviews Flashcards
An Unstructured Interview is a Q___ method likened to ?
{2 ADJ}
free & open conversation
Within an Unstructured Interview, there might be set t___,
but the questions are essentially a response to ?
topics
the respondent’s answers.
Which sociologists prefer the use Unstructured Interviews and why?
Interpretivists
Methods produce detailed data that reveals meanings people attach to behaviour.
The first case study of Unstructured Interviews, which links to domestic violence is done by which two sociologists?
Dobash and Dobash
{Dobash&Dobash} : the name of their study is ?
‘Violence against wives’
{Dobash&Dobash} : they carried out how many Unstructured Interviews?
109
{Dobash&Dobash} : Each interview took between ?
2-12hrs
{Dobash&Dobash} : In order to establish rapport, how long did they spend in contact with victims that they carried out Unstructured Interviews with?
months
{Dobash&Dobash} : Immediately, what practical advantage can we see with D&D being women?
They have suitable characteristics to carry out research on the domestic violence of women.
Another case study for Unstructured Interviews comes from which interactionist?
Becker
The name of Becker’s study was
‘Becoming a ____ _____’
Marijuana User
By doing Unstructured Interviews,
Becker was trying to look at the p___ of people’s behaviour that made smoking marijuana a ?
Patterns
Enjoyable experience
{Becker} carried out how many unstructured interviews?
50
{Becker} describes marijuana use as what type of career as he looks from when people started to when they became r__ users?
Deviant
Regular
{Becker} how many ‘steps’ did he reveal?
3
{Becker} the first step was learning how to do what?
Smoke the drug properly
{Becker} the second step was learning to recognize the e___ and connect them with what?
effects
drug use
{Becker} the third step involves the person enjoying what?
the feelings/sensations they perceive
The third case study for Unstructured Interviews came from which ‘DD of labour’ sociologist?
Oakely
{Oakley} looked into the experiences of ?
maternity
{Oakley} the Unstructured Interviews lasted how long on average?
2.5hrs
{Oakley} developed very strong r__ and was even present at what event in some cases?
Rapport
Births of the children
{Oakley} interviews began during ? and the final ones were conducted how many months after birth?
Pregnancy
5months
{Oakley} looked into topics such ante__ & post natal care, childbirth and postnatal ?
Antenatal
Depression
As seen in Oakley’s Unstructured Interviews, the main PRACTICAL advantage of Unstructured Interviews is ?
Rapport
{PRACTICAL} advantage:
the inf__ of these interviews makes respondents open up a bit more and
delve into what type of topics (that require rapport) ?
Informality
Personal
{ETHICAL} benefit :
Similarly to Semi-Structured Interviews, Unstructured Interviews allow for what type of topics to be discussed?
Sensitive/Unusual
{ETHICAL} benefit :
Because rapport has been established,
the respondent is more likely to con__ in the interviewer with things that may’ve been personal & pa__.
confide
painful
Again, the THEORETICAL strength of Unstructured Interviews is ?
‘Respondent’s view/voice’
{THEORETICAL} strength:
the respondent is able to do what to the conversation ?
This means they can express their v__ with greater freedom and in more detail.
control it
views
a {PRACTICAL} setback of Unstructured Interviews is that they require what two things?
Time & Money (cost)
{PRACTICAL} setback:
the interviewer is “going with the f___” so this means Unstructured Interviews are more time c___
flow
consuming
{PRACTICAL} setback :
in terms of money, it is needed in order to make sure the interviewer is skilled enough and can p___
which’ll let them access the data they need.
probe
An {ETHICAL} drawback of Unstructured Interviews is the issue of sensitivity & w___
Wellbeing
{ETHICAL} drawback:
Even if the researcher is present to s__ if the participant is having difficulty with the subject matter,
they aren’t able to ensure wellbeing when?
see
after the interview/ in the long term
{ETHICAL} drawback:
The researcher has spent time establishing r__ for them to just leave after they’ve gotten what?
rapport
the data they need
{THEORETICAL} issue:
the s__ s__ will be small due to the time it takes to do them,
meaning they’re unlikely to be t__ of the population as a whole
sample size
typical
{THEORETICAL} issue:
However, interpretivists would argue that generalisability is not as important as establishing ?
validity/verstehen
