Developing Interview Guides

What type of qualitative research method are we using to collect data in the upcoming assignment?

(a)  

For the upcoming assignment, what sampling method are we using?

• Snowball

• Convenience

• Stratified

• Random

What are two limitations of unstructured interviews?

• Doesn't give us very detailed responses

• Interviewer must be highly skilled

• Data is hard to analyze

• It's too inflexible

What is a benefit of structured interviews?

• You can analyse the data quantitatively

• Highly responsive to participants

• Easier to conduct, and to analyse the data

• Naturalistic conversational style

Choose all the benefits of semi-structured interviews from the options below:

• Provides in-depth data and is responsive to participants

• Encourages participants to stay on-topic

• Easy to conduct, easy to analyse the data

• Has a relatively natural conversational style

Why do we create interview questions, rather than asking the participants our research question? Select two answers that are MOST correct.

• Because participants don't understand complex terms

• To gain more in-depth responses, and further insight from participants

• Because the research question often utilizes jargon, or scientific language

• Because that's what the lecturers say we should do

What term is this a definition for?

'Alignment of research methodology, sampling process, data collection and validation processes, tools and techniques, data analysis process and conclusions drawn to the research question'

(Golafshani, 2003; Mohamad et al., 2015).

• Qualitative validity

• Qualitative reliability

How does reflexivity support qualitative validity?

Choose all correct answers from the options below:

• Helps us understand how we may impact our research

• Helps us remove subjectivity from the data analysis process

• Helps us uphold ethical standards

• Helps us avoid using leading questions