Interviews

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What is the main feature of unstructured interviews?
The interview has general aims but has no set questions and lets the interviewee guide the questions
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What are the strengths of this method?
Detailed information
Increased validity
Accesses info not revealed by pre-determined questions
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What are the weaknesses of this method?
Difficult to analyse
Needs well trained interviewers
Interviewer bias
Lack of reliability
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What are some ethical elements to this type of interview?
Overt
May not be suited to all ppts
Answers may be affected by the differences in status between the interviewer and interviewee
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What is the main feature of structured interviews?
Pre-determined questions
Closed questions
Quantitative data
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What are the weaknesses of this study?
Limit on the richness of data
Interviewer bias
Not flexible
Researcher won't know why the ppt is behaving in a certain way
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What are the strengths of this study?
Easy to replicate
Easy to test for reliability
Quick
Large sample size can be obtained
Generalisability
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What are some ethical elements to this type of interview?
Confidentiality is important
Ppts must consent
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Accesses info not revealed by pre-determined questions

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