unstructured interviews ( research methods )

Question 1

what is unstructured interviews

Answer 1

guided conversation , interviewer has freedom to reward questions , can move interview in any direction

Question 2

what are strengths of unstructured interviews

Answer 2

allows interviewers to develop a rapport which increases validity
unstructured so much easier to check each others meanings
qualitatively data
highly flexible

Question 3

what are weaknesses of unstructured interviews

Answer 3

can be time consuming so not a large sample size so less representative
training is needed
not reliable because data isn’t standardised
interviewer bias

Question 4

what’s the dobash and dobash study

Answer 4

study took place in a women’s refuge among women who had sought shelter in the refuge
asked the women about abuse from their partners

Question 5

what was william labovs study

Answer 5

researched the language of black american children when with a black interviewer rather than a white interviewer were relaxed spoke feeely and in detail showing they were competent speakers

Question 6

what was schultze study

Answer 6

used unstructured interviewers in her 8 month field study in a large company investigating their production of informal objects

Question 7

stuart rice’s study

Answer 7

responsible for asking his participants leading questions which meant he imposed on influence .
participant responses were invalid

Question 8

Oakley studies

Answer 8

formed a deep relationships whilst conducting interviews on pregnant mothers .

Question 9

Brown , vincent and Balls study

Answer 9

Study on father involvement which was restricted to only 70 interviews