Political Science 3324F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unstructured Interview, Focus Group, Active Listening
25 Jul 2017
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If researcher feels that an interview guide may hinder genuine access to views of members, unstructured would be used. If researcher is beginning investigation with a fairly clear focus, interviews will likely be semi-structured so more specific. If more than one person is to carry out field work, semi-structured interviewing may be preferred: multiple case study research generally needs some structure to ensure comparability, preparing an interview guide. Interviews guides are shorter and less detailed than an interview schedule for structured interviews: brief list of memory prompts for areas to be covered. Important that questions are flexible, allowing interviewers to pursue leads. Adam khimji: should, establish some degree of loose order to questions so questions flow reasonably well but still allow it to be changed. Include questions or topics that address the research question (without specifics: use comprehensible and familiar language, not ask leading questions.
