Sociology Basics

Types of interviews

• Structured interviews are where you have a plan of questions that you want to ask the person you are interviewing
• Semi Structured interviews are where you have a plan of questions you want to ask the person you are interviewing but you can add some questions or take some questions out
• Unstructured interviews are were you don't have any planned questions and you just have a conversation with the other person.
• Focus group interviews are were a group of people talk about the questions they have been asked to answer.

observations

• Covert observations means that you observe a group of people without them knowing about it.
• Overt observations means that the people you are observing knows you are watching them.
• Non participant observations means that you don't join in with the group of people you are observing.
• Participant observation means that you join in with the group of people you are observing.