SSH 301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Semi-Structured Interview, The Focus Group, Focus Group
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Less structured and tends to be more open ended. Allows greater freedom to modify and add research ideas once the investigation has begun. Greater interest in interviewee"s perspectives and concerns. Interview is driven mainly by the research agenda of the person conducting the interview. Going off on a tangent is often encouraged. Interviewer uses memory aid: a small set of self-prompts to investigate certain topics. Interviewer asks questions that connect to the theme. Interviewer may ask a single question: interviewee is then allowed to respond freely, with the interviewer pursuing point that seem worth to follow-up. Interviewer has a list of questions (an interview guide) but interviewee still has a great deal of leeway in deciding how to reply. Questions may not follow in exact order in the guide and some questions not included on the list may be asked in response to the interviewee.