Structured Interviews

Question 1

A structured interview is a series of _____ asked directly by?

Answer 1

Questions

Researcher

Question 2

1B.) The questions are tightly o___, pre-planned and the SAME for every participant

Answer 2

Organised

Question 3

Structured Interviews are favoured by which sociologists?

Answer 3

Positivists

Question 4

Why are structured interviews favoured by Positivists?

Answer 4

the data generated can be generalised and is likely to be reliable

Question 5

4B.) Therefore establishing social ___?

Answer 5

Facts

Question 6

{Case Study 1}

Which two functionalists looked into the symmetrical family?

Answer 6

Young & Willmott

Question 7

{Case Study 1} :

Y&W interviewed families in which area of London?

Answer 7

Bethnal Green

Question 8

{Case Study 1} :

Young & Willmott’s research was made up of how many people?

Answer 8

933

Question 9

{Case Study 1} :

Y&W employed interviewers and each interview lasted between?

Answer 9

10-30 mins

Question 10

{Case Study 1} :

All questions were s___, making it easy for multiple people to carry out the interviews.

Answer 10

Standardised

Question 11

The second study is ? {related to crime}

Answer 11

CSEW

Question 12

The second element of the CSEW involves structured interviews & what percentage of respondents agree to take part?

Answer 12

75%

Question 13

CSEW carries out around ____ structured interviews under which independent research company?

Answer 13

4,000

Kantar Public

Question 14

Another example of a Structured Interview is Townsend and the ____ index

Answer 14

Poverty

Question 15

Townsend didnt like how ? was measured and so developed his own index which included things like clothes,fuel & l___ activities.

Answer 15

Relative Deprivation

Leisure Activities

Question 16

Townsend carried out structured interviews according to his index and made s___ questions

Answer 16

Standardised

Question 17

A {PRACTICAL} strength of structured interviews is that training interviewers is simple and ?

Answer 17

inexpensive

Question 18

Another {PRACTICAL} strength is that results from structured interviews are easily ?

Answer 18

Quantifiable

Question 19

18B.) How are results easily quantifiable?

Answer 19

closed questions/pre-coded responses

Question 20

The {ETHICAL} strength of structured interviews is that they acquire ?

Answer 20

Informed Consent

Question 21

{ ETHICAL STRENGTH}

even though they’re largely face to face, ? of structured interviews are kept ?

RESULT JUST MAKES UP STATISTICAL PROFILE

Answer 21

Transcripts

Anonymous

Question 22

Theoretically, structured interviews are good because they’re likely to be ?

Answer 22

Reliable

Question 23

23B.) {THEORETICAL STRENGTH} :

They’re reliable because the researcher can make sure the interview is conducted in the same way, with the same Q____ & in the same order.

Answer 23

Questions

Question 24

23C.) Therefore, someone else can repeat the research and get ?

Answer 24

Same/similar results

Question 25

The **{PRACTICAL} limitation** of structured interviews is that they're in\_\_\_

Answer 25

Inflexible

Question 26

**{PRACTICAL LIMITATION} :** They're inflexible because interviewers cant e\_\_\_ on leads and the interview is merely a "\_\_\_ in time"

Answer 26

Expand Snapshot

Question 27

A possible **{ETHICAL} limitation** of structured interviews is that they can touch on s\_\_\_ topics

Answer 27

Sensitive

Question 28

28B.) **{ETHICAL LIMIATION} :** If a question is sensitive & int\_\_\_, this can lead to dishonesty or ? transcripts

Answer 28

Intruding Incomplete

Question 29

**{THEORETICAL} limitation:** Structured interviews often lack v\_\_\_\_

Answer 29

Validity

Question 30

30B.) **{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :** they're said to p\_\_\_ h\_\_\_ participants who are only given a choice from pre-set answers

Answer 30

Pigeon Hole

Question 31

30C.) **{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :** Choices of responses might not reflect what the participant m\_\_ or believes, further impacting ?

Answer 31

Means Validity

Question 32

30D.) **{THEORETICAL LIMIITATION} :** The presence of who could also impact answers?

Answer 32

Interviewer