SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Focus Group, Structured Interview, Human Subject Research
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Interviews researcher and a single participant having a conversation. Researcher themselves or someone from the research team. Research subject is someone from the sample. Focus groups researcher and more than one participant ( group interview ) Warm and welcoming to make subject comfortable. Answering questions that won"t just elicit a yes or no response. Important to listen explore with more depth. Trying to inform audience and need to keep them in mind. Interview schedule (or interview guide ): the list of questions a researcher intends to address over the course of the interview/focus group. Ethical review boards require your list of questions. Box 12. 2 even if there"s a yes or no answer possibility they have a follow up. Anticipate kinds of responses and have back up questions in case. Structured interview on the other hand only follow the questions listed in the way they are listed (don"t diverge from interview guide)
