Advantages and disadvantages of Unstructured Interivews

Advantages of Unstructured Interviews

Rapport and Sensitivity

• Allows the researhcer to develop trust and understanding
• Ease and encourage them to open up
• WILLIAM LABOV; studying the language of black american children but were tonguetied so adopted and informal style and they opened up and spoke freely
• Useful for studying sensitive topics; DOBASH & DOBASH; domestic violence, made them feel comfortable

The Interviewee View

• More opportunity to speak about things they think are important
• Produce fresh insights and valid data
• Interviewers probing can help formulate and develop thoughts more cearly
• HARLEY DEAN & PETER TAYLOR-GOOBY; unemployment, freedom to talk in their own…