Structured Interviews RM

Question 1

Structured interviews

Answer 1

Set of standardised questions read by the interviewer answers are recorded
Interview form is rigid

Question 2

Practical issues of interviews

Answer 2

+ Good response rate
Quick and cheap
DBS check

• Most of them are time consuming
  Cost adds up

Question 3

Ethical issues with S interviews

Answer 3

+ Easy to gain informed consent
+ Can remain anonymous
+ Right to withdraw

• Not suitable for sensitive topics
• FEMINIST OAKALY
  Power structure created in interviews

Question 4

Theoretical Strengths of S interviews

Answer 4

Reliable to standardised questions and there is scope to be representative.
Researcher Bias is minimised as they can’t deviate from the questions
Easy to analyse the results
hard to lie face-to face
Positivist prefer this method

Question 5

Theoretical weaknesses of interviews

Answer 5

Can’t delve deeper and must stick to rigid questions
Interviewers may misunderstand the response
Interpretivst and feminist reject

tone the question is asked may reduce the reliability

Question 6

Young and willmott

Answer 6

987 interviewed 94% response rate
About families in London

Question 7

Townsend

Answer 7

poverty in the UK
76% response rate
Questions were complex so structured interviews were preferred to questionnaires

Question 8

Archer - Semi-structured interviews

Answer 8

researching into music boys + education in context of race, masculinity and schooling. Presence as a white women made students uneasy abt opening up