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Unstructured Interviews (Theoretical (Weaknesses (Because the interview is…
Unstructured Interviews
Theoretical
Strengths
The research method collects a large amount of depth and detail you wouldn't get in a structured interview.
This makes the method extremely high in validity. And because its face-to-face the answers may lead to data that hadn't been thought to have been collected by the researcher
Weaknesses
Because the interview is interviewee led. This can cause problems as the interviewee can drift off into unimportant data that the researcher doesn't want.
It completely lacks reliability as every interview is specific to every person. Therefore the data can't be compared to.
Due to the small sample used, it cant be generalised to the whole research population.
Ethical
Strengths
Because its face-to-face, the researcher can see if any of the questions make the interviewee distressed or uncomfortable. By their body language and expressions, this means that the researcher can reassure the interviewee.
The researcher can also reassure that this interview will be confidential and no data will be shared to anyone else.
Weaknesses
Due to the questions being very open, allowing the interviewee to lead the answer with a large amount of expression and honesty. The researcher could invade the privacy of the interviewee.
Face-to-face, meaning that there is no anonymity for the interviewee.
Practical
Strengths
No real practicality. However it is a lot less time consuming and cheaper than participant observation.
Weaknesses
Extremely time consuming due to the interviews being conducted face-to-face. Along with the questions being very open ended and for a long response being led by the interviewee.
Because its qualitative data, it will take along time to specifically analyse each individual interview.
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Unstructured interviews are face-to-face interviews between the researcher and interviewee. The questions asked are very open ended so the researcher can get an open response. Which makes it an interviewee led method. This makes unstructured interviews qualitative data (words) and therefore, they contain a large amount of validity (true to life). This means that interpretivists like this research method as they can analyse peoples specific answers and behaviour. This is also an example of a primary source.