Interviews can be
1. Unstructured
1. Can be referred to as 'depth ' or 'in depth ' interviews
2. They have very little structure at all
3. The interviewer may just go with the aim of discussing a limited number of topics, sometimes as few as just one or two
4. The interviewer may frame the interview questions based on the interviewee and his/her previous response
5. This allows the discussion to cover areas in great detail
6. They involve the researcher wanting to know or find out more about a specific topic without there being a structure or a preconceived plan or expectation as to how they will deal with the topic
2. Semi structured
1. Semi structured interviews are sometimes also called focused interviews
2. A series of open ended questions based on the topic areas the researcher wants to cover
3. A series of broad questions to ask and may have some prompts to help the interviewee
4. 'The open ended nature of the question defines the topic under investigation but provides opportunities for both interviewer and interviewee to discuss some topics in more detail '
5. Semi structured interviews allow the researcher to promt or encourage the interviewee if they are looking for more information or find what they are saying interesting
6. This method gives the researcher the freedom to probe the interviewee to elaborate or to follow a new line of inquiry introduced by what the interviewee is saying
7. Work best when the interviewed has a number of areas he/she wants to be
Careers guidance interviews in general are evolving in different sectors, for example in Higher Education they have moved from having hour long individual one to ones and evolved into ensuring individuals have access to information and group work.
Secondly, open-ended question should be adopted as the major type of interview questions because it allows maximum freedom for the client to respond in his or her own way (Balzer, Julia, 2004).
how the questions are answered. Your goal in choosing an interviewee is to simulate the interaction
The interview consisted of 11 questions prepared in advance to help provide insight into the types
One method of research is using interviews. For example, when using interviews in a care home, when conducting research, many ethical issues can be raised. Interviews not only take place face-to-face, but also can happen on the phone, online, through text messaging, using a video messenger and though social media. Interviews are a very useful way of collecting information because a wide range of detailed information can be collected at a large quantity. There are two types of interviews: structured or unstructured.
Although the series of questions used in each interview was essentially uniform across participants, further prompting and probing questions such as, “Tell me more,” “Anything else?” “Why?” or “How?” were carried out when the quality of the participant’s response could be enhanced, that is, when the response was vague, limited, or unclear (Bibace & Walsh, 1980).
I came up with a list of fifteen questions that my interviewee was willing to answer. This
The questions posed during the study would include open-ended as well as closed-ended questions, these can include,” strongly agree, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or strongly disagree” (Babbie, 2015 p.276).
(1) bring in as many topical inquires as possible, (2) discuss the interlinkages between those topical inquires with your interpretations and critical analyses, and (3) base your answer on illustrative ethnographic studies and empirical examples.
Interviews can provide much more information and detail as the interviewer can spend far longer with the person and ask them questions based on their responses.
The interview should be semi-structured to allow room for the wording or order of questions to be adapted to maximise understanding and depth.
Whilst the open ended questions allowed deeper responses as spoken about above it was also evident that these questions allowed Mary Doe to feel comfortable throughout the interview as she was allowed to express her own open thought rather than having a written script of multiple smaller closed ended questions. REF
160-164). As per Sommers-Flanagan and Sommers-Flanagan (2008, p. 164-171), a brief summary of the concerns, a closing statement, and reassurance of the support are the few components of closing and termination. Throughout the interview a range of open, closed, and reflective questions are used (Yeung, 2008, p.19-23). Whereas the use of leading, multiple, hypothetical, and double barrelled questions should be minimised (Yeung, 2008, p.42-58).