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Types and Methods of Interviews in Research - Coggle Diagram
Types and Methods of Interviews in Research
Fundamental Types of Interviews
semi-structured interviews
considerable amount of leeway to the researcher to probe the respondents along with maintaining basic interview structure
Advantages
flexible to an extent while maintaining the research guidelines
• Reliable qualitative data can be collected via these interviews
Disadvantages
• Participants may question the reliability factor of these interviews
• Comparing two different answers becomes difficult
unstructured interviews
usually described as conversations held with a purpose in mind
Advantages
• Due to the informal nature of unstructured interviews
• The participants can clarify all their doubts about the questions
Disadvantages
• As there is no structure to the interview process, researchers take time to execute these interviews
the ethics involved in these interviews are considered borderline upsetting
build a bond with the respondents due to which there are high chances that the respondents will be 100% truthful with their answers
structured interviews
research tools that are extremely rigid in their operations
Advantages
focus on the accuracy of different responses
interview procedure is made easy due to the standardization offered by structured interviews
Disadvantages
• Limited scope of assessment of obtained results
accuracy of information overpowers the detail of information
standardized interview and is significantly quantitative in its approach
Methods of Research Interview
Personal Interviews
Advantages
• More complete answers can be obtained if there is doubt on both sides
• Higher response rate
a particular information is detected that is remarkable
one of the most used types of interviews, where the questions are asked personally directly to the respondent
Disadvantages
• They are time-consuming and extremely expensive
• They can generate distrust on the part of the interviewee, since they may be self-conscious and not answer truthfully
Telephonic Interviews
Advantages
• To find the interviewees it is enough to have their telephone numbers on hand
• The information is collected quickly
widely used and easy to combine with online surveys to carry out research effectively
Disadvantages
• Many times researchers observe that people do not answer phone calls because it is an unknown number for the respondent
• Researchers also face that they simply do not want to answer and resort to pretexts such as they are busy to answer
Email or Web Page Interviews
Online interviews are a great niche to be able to carry out an interview that will generate information for the correct decision making
Advantages
• Speed in obtaining data
• Online surveys can be mixed with other research methods or using some of the previous interview models
The increase in people with Internet access has made it popular that interviews via email or web page stand out among the types of interviews most used today.
Types of Interviews
telephonic interviews
email interviews
personal interviews
web interviews