SSH 301 Lecture Notes - Focus Group, Group Dynamics, Nvivo

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 301
• Professor: Patrizia Albanese

Document Summary

Respondents are given the freedom to answer in their own words; as they please; in detail. You direct flow, but study participant has control too you them surveykinda like multiple choice interviewmore like essay questions. Unstructured interviewing- walk into the interview with only a list of topics, not specific questions (hardest type of interview, because you have to think on your feet) Semi-structured interviewing- go in with a list of questions, however you can change the order of the questions & insert questions (most common method of interviweing used) Structured interviewing- rigid protocol/interview schedule, strictly follow sequence, with the assumption that keeping the order of the questions will build on the information you are receiving (very formal) 1) is naturalistic and holistic and interactive (important not to choose qualitative interviewing over quantitive not because you hate math, but because you believe that peoples answer will add value to the research)