Week 3 Flashcards
What is a semi-structured interview?
A semi-structured interview is a flexible interview format that allows for a guided conversation with no fixed order of questions.
It involves continuous analysis and seeks to understand the interviewee’s perspective.
What types of data can interviews collect?
Interviews can collect:
* Behavior: practices, facts, events
* Experiences: structuring and effects
* Feelings: emotional responses
* Opinions, values, norms, thoughts
* Sensory aspects: perceptions of sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
* Meaning: personal interpretations of concepts
Interviews construct meaning through dialogue.
What are essential qualities of a good interviewer?
Essential qualities include:
* Genuine interest and respect for interviewees
* Ability to understand different viewpoints
* Willingness to engage in conversation
* Ability to resist imposing own views
Interview research is a craft that can become an art.
What is the difference between unstructured and semi-structured interviews?
In an unstructured interview, interviewees freely respond, while in a semi-structured interview, the researcher has a list of questions but can adapt them as needed.
Both formats allow for flexibility in the interview process.
What are key steps in preparing an interview guide?
Key steps include:
* Creating a structured list of topics
* Ensuring the research question is broad enough for exploration
* Exploiting existing literature for topic formulation
* Ensuring authenticity, transparency, and sufficiency of qualitative data
The interview guide serves as a comparison tool.
What should be considered before conducting an interview?
Considerations include:
* Understanding qualitative interviewing fundamentals
* Familiarity with the interviewee’s setting
* Planning the interview beyond questions
* Becoming a quality interviewer
* Thinking about informed consent
Preparation is crucial for effective interviewing.
Fill in the blank: An interview guide must have a _______.
[logical order of questions]
What are tips for novice interviewers?
Tips include:
* Expect unexpected behaviors from interviewees
* Minimize personal biases
* Stay focused when probing for clarification
* Be sensitive when discussing sensitive topics
* Transcribe interviews promptly
These tips help in managing the interview process effectively.
What are common pitfalls in conducting interviews?
Common pitfalls include:
* Not starting easy to gain trust
* Failing to follow a logical question order
* Neglecting to clarify previous points
* Asking leading questions
Awareness of these pitfalls can improve interview quality.
What should be done after the interview?
After the interview, it is important to:
* Reflect on the interview experience
* Write down observations about the interviewee’s behavior
* Consider new avenues of interest for future interviews
* Transcribe the interview promptly
Reflection can lead to improvements in future interviews.
True or False: Interviews are a natural social situation that produces naturally occurring data.
False
Interviews are considered somewhat artificial social situations.
What is a narrative interview?
A narrative interview encourages interviewees to tell stories.
This type of interview aims to elicit detailed personal experiences.
What are the advantages of interviewing?
Advantages include:
* Making unobservable aspects explicit
* Creating deep understanding of perceptions
* Allowing participants to share what they deem relevant
Interviews can reveal insights that may not be captured through other methods.
What are the disadvantages of interviewing?
Disadvantages include:
* Limitation to interviewees’ representations
* Artificial social situation impacting data quality
* Dependence on participant quality for valuable data
These factors can affect the reliability of the findings.
