psychology research methods - interview
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- Created on: 03-03-20 11:10
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- research methods -interview
- structured
- produces quantitative data
- pre-determined questions
- the interviewer will not deviate from the questions.
- also known as a formal interview
- strengths
- easy to replicate
- good reliability
- quick to conduct
- large sample can be obtained
- easy to replicate
- Limitations
- not flexible
- doesn't allow a interviewer to ask why they think this
- lack detail
- doesn't allow a interviewer to ask why they think this
- not flexible
- unstructured
- strengths
- flexible
- interviewer is able to deviate from the questions
- qualitative data from the open data
- gives a deeper under-standing
- increasing validity
- flexible
- referred as discovery interviews
- sometimes called an informal interview
- contain open-ended questions
- the questions can be asked in any order
- limitations
- time consuming
- employing trained interviewer is expensive
- strengths
- semi-structured
- pre-determined questions but are free to have follow up question for more elaborate answers
- structured
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