Interviews

Interviews

1. To find out in-depth information

   • of
     • Participants' perspectives
       • regarding
         • The matters we are researching about

2. For Qualitative Study

   • Occur spontaneously during the data collection
     • To look for
       • The type of information that we need at the end of our study

3. For a Small group of people

4. For Several people

   • An Interview guide should be done before the real interview
     • Interview questions should be Open-ended
       • Consider recording and taking notes of your interviews, so that you can analyze deeper the data

5. Questions in the interviews and surveys shouldn't be identical to the research questions, rather should provide information that will get at some of the research questions in different ways

   • Surveys
     • To consult a lot of people
     • For Quantitative Study
     • Can contain
       • Close-ended questions
         • Yes or no questions
         • True or false questions
         • Multiple choice answer options
       • Attitude questions
         • Likert scale
       • Open-ended questions
         • Fill-in-the-gaps questions
         • Short answer questions
         • Totally open-ended questions
           • Can be analyzed as the interview answers or notes
       • (A combination of all of these)