Interviews

Question	Answer
Unstructured interview	not use any set questions but just have general areas for the interviewer to cover
Semi-structured interview	only some of the questions are set and the interviewer also has the freedom to explore issues in order to extend answers
Structured interview	the same questions in the same format will be asked to each ppt
Strengths of interviews	Can gather more personal, in-depth data. Can be standardised and repeated with a structured interview. More qualitative data. People more likely to talk than write (compared to questionnaires).
Weaknesses of interviews	Hard to gather quantitative data and analyse. Interviewees may feel uncomfortable - social desirability bias. Subjective as interviewer needs to interpret data.
Examples of interviews within clinical psychology	Vallentine et al (2010) Becker et al (2002) Dimitripoulos et al (2015)

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	Created by Ella Middlemiss over 8 years ago