Unstructured Interviews

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  • Created by: joy.yuma
  • Created on: 13-03-18 21:14

Unstructured Interviews

Advantages

  • Useful when researching sensitive topics
  • Valid
  • Checking understanding

Disadvantages

  • Reliance on researchers skills and characteristics
  • Unreliable
  • Cannot be quantified easily
  • Lacks representativeness

Evaluation

Favoured by interpretivists but criticised for being unreliable and lacking validity 

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