Interviews- recap

Which type of interview? Has a set interview schedule, has standardised questions and generally is very reliable.

• Unstructured interview

• Structured interview

• Group interview

• Semi structured interview

Which type of interview? Has an interview schedule made of themes, interviewees can be open and discuss ideas, the researcher can probe for deeper responses and ask follow up questions.

• Unstructured interview

• Structured interview

• Group interview

• Semi structured interview

Which type of interview? Has an interviewer and several respondents. Willis used these when studying subcultures and delinquency with a group of 'lads'

• Unstructured interview

• Structured interview

• Group interview

• Semi structured interview

When conducting an interview, the interviewer can sometimes stumble upon guilty knowledge. What is guilty knowledge?

• The information that is true to life

• The information that is sensitive

• Responses that can be sensitive which could impact on the interviewees wellbeing

Which of the advantages/ disadvantages of interviews is not a practical one?

• Structured interviews are fairly cheap

• Unstructured interviews require training of the interviewer

• Unstructured interviews can be very costly

• A debrief will need to be put into place incase the researcher finds out ay guilty knowledge

What is meant by the operationalisation of concepts?

• When the researcher get a true to life picture of what they want to study

• When the researcher does a trial run of the study

• When a complex concept is put into understandable terms for the respondent

What is meant by positivism

• A theoretical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

• A theoretical position that prefers qualitative data and unscientific methods

• An ethical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

• A practical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

What is meant by anti positivism

• A theoretical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

• A theoretical position that prefers qualitative data and unscientific methods

• An ethical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

• A practical position that prefers quantitative data and scientific methods

How could a researcher detach themselves in an interview?

• To get a bigger sample

• To work with a smaller sample

• To include a debrief

• To ask somebody who works in the setting, who knows the respondents, to carry out the interview.

________ is when the researcher is able to obtain data that provides a true to life picture of what they are studying