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Survey Research - Coggle Diagram

- - - - one of the most frequently used methods for obtaining information from people
      - two or more persons sit face-to-face with each other, in which one person (generally called interviewer) asks the questions and the other person (called interviewee or respondent) answers the questions related to a problem.
      - Type of interviews
        
        unstructured or non-standardised
        
        In contrast to strucured interview, in unstructured interview the interviewer has the flexibility to take decisions about the questions to be asked, the wording of the questions, and the sequence in which questions are to be asked. Since responses are not specified in such type of interviews, the respondent can answer the questions in the way s/he chooses to. Such questions are called open-ended questions.
        
        structured or standardised
        
        questions in the schedule are written clearly in a particular sequence. The interviewer has little or no liberty to make changes in the wordings of the questions or the order in which they are to be asked. The responses to these questions are also, in some cases, specified in advance. These are called close-ended questions
      - participants
        
        Individual to Individual
        
        Individual to Group
        
        Group to Individuals
        
        Group to Group
      - Interviewing is a skill which requires proper training. A good interviewer knows how to make the respondent at ease and get the optimal answer