Interview - creado desde un Mapa Mental

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Procedures

Types

Definition

Data analysis

Uses

Pilot your questions

Select your sample interviewees

Conduct the interview

Many researchers carefully craft their interview questions, structuring the instrument around key themes or subject areas – but they fail to pilot the questions they intend to use.

Because interviews take longer to plan, conduct and analyse than do some other research instruments, extra care must be taken when selecting the sample group of interviewees

Very formal interview situations tend to position the interviewer in front of the interviewee – often with a desk between them.

The structured interview

The semi-structured interview

The unstructured interview

as no more than a questionnaire that is completed face-to-face. The interviewer has control over the order of questions, all of which are predetermined.

The interviewer directs the interview more closely

is a very flexible approach. Areas of interest are established by the researcher but the discussion of issues is guided by the interviewee

Interviews are a way to obtain detailed information on a topic or topic. Used where other research instruments seem inappropriate

The final stage of the interview process begins by drawing together the data collected and structuring them in such a way as to make ready for analysis.

When analysing a large number of interview transcripts it may be necessary to utilise the functions of computer-based tools. NU.DIST and NVIVO are two commercially available packages that facilitate interrogation and analysis of qualitative interview data

. In small-scale work, this would typically involve grouping the responses to each question from all interviewees to make comparison between respondents easy (the cut-and-paste function of most wordprocessors is ideal for this)

An interview is used to obtain some type of specific information through a process of participation and conversation between two or more people.

The interviews are traditionally less structured than other research instruments, such as questionnaires