In-depth interview usually takes between 20 minutes (telephone interviews) and 2 hours (pre-scheduled, face-to-face interview) to complete; depending on the issues or topics and the method used (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). According to Boyce and Neale (2006), it is an instrument that involves conducting individual depth interviews with a small number of participants, to explore their perspectives on a particular idea, situation or program. For instance, a person might ask the participants, or staff that associated with a program about their expectations and experiences related to the program, or thoughts about the operations, processes, the outcomes, and any kind of changes that they perceive in themselves as a result of their involvement in the program. The participants for individual depth interviews are usually chosen not because their opinions are the dominant opinion, it because their attitudes and experiences will reflect the full scope of the issue in the study. The participants also need to be verbally articulate, in order to provide the interviewer with the richness of the detail. In-depth interview is usually recorded (audio and/or video) and transcribed to provide the researcher with the detail. In-depth interview uses extensive amounts of interviewer time, in both conducting interviews, evaluate, and facility time when premises are occupied for interviews (Cooper …show more content…
Prone to bias: A researcher should make an effort to design a data collection effort, create instruments, and conduct the interviews.
2. Time-intensive: It takes time to conduct interviews, transcribe them, and analyse the