WEEK 5 - 9.1 interviews and focus groups Flashcards
forms of interviews
**1. structured: **similar to surveys => standardixed questions and data, generalizable to population
2. unstructured: open questions, initiates interaction => detailed and specific info
3. semi structured: scedule of questions as starting point
interview guide
list of topics and themes to cover
asyncronous vs. syncronous
asyncronous- email
syncronous- facetoface
guidelines for interviewers
don’t guide interviewee
don’t react
show interest
take notes/ record
common types of interviews in ps
- elite
- expert
- expert survets (standardized- aggregated measures)
approaches to recruitment
advertesing
direct recruitment- personal targeting
via gatekeepers
snowball sampling
what’s a focus group
interview of a group where responses emerge from social interation
- ability to capture social dynamics
formal characteristics of focus groups
6-10 participants
purposive selection based on attributes
interviewer is the moderator/ facilitator
semi structured
60-90 min sessions
how are semi structured/ unstructured interviews analyzed?
data reduction- qualitative analysis by systematically sumarizing and interpreting responses
data reduction
qualitative analysis by systematically sumarizing and interpreting responses