3.5 Semi-Structured Interviews
An interview is basically a verbal conversation between two people with the aim of collecting relevant data for the purpose of research. According to McNamara (1999), interviews are particularly useful for acquiring the story behind a participant’s experiences while the interviewer can pursue in depth information around the topic. Besides, there are underlying assumptions that that the non-verbal acts are more real and basic while the verbal acts are epiphenomenal (Wilkinson and Bhandarkar. 1992, p.199). There are mainly five types of interviews, the personal interview, telephone interview, focus group interview, depth interview and finally the projective interview. Interviews have as many advantages as disadvantages. …show more content…
Basically, the ethical guidelines seek to work towards protection of individuals, communities and environments involved in the studies against any form of harm, manipulation or malpractice. There are three principles of ethics that were taken into account and they are confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and avoiding harm and do well (Israel and Hay, Research Ethics for Social Scientists, 2006). Confidentiality is very important in the sense that the participants privacy need to be considered. Also whether it is always appropriate and where it is applicable. Moreover, it is important for the participants to be well aware of the aims and objectives of the research as well as the informed consent is given as the research is carried out with children and adults. And if ever someone is under age it is essential to acquire informed consent from a parent, guardian or responsible adult. Finally, it is of much significance to avoid doing harm to the participant whether physically or mentally. For example, it is more considerate to avoid personal, gender and religion
An interview is basically a verbal conversation between two people with the aim of collecting relevant data for the purpose of research. According to McNamara (1999), interviews are particularly useful for acquiring the story behind a participant’s experiences while the interviewer can pursue in depth information around the topic. Besides, there are underlying assumptions that that the non-verbal acts are more real and basic while the verbal acts are epiphenomenal (Wilkinson and Bhandarkar. 1992, p.199). There are mainly five types of interviews, the personal interview, telephone interview, focus group interview, depth interview and finally the projective interview. Interviews have as many advantages as disadvantages. …show more content…
Basically, the ethical guidelines seek to work towards protection of individuals, communities and environments involved in the studies against any form of harm, manipulation or malpractice. There are three principles of ethics that were taken into account and they are confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and avoiding harm and do well (Israel and Hay, Research Ethics for Social Scientists, 2006). Confidentiality is very important in the sense that the participants privacy need to be considered. Also whether it is always appropriate and where it is applicable. Moreover, it is important for the participants to be well aware of the aims and objectives of the research as well as the informed consent is given as the research is carried out with children and adults. And if ever someone is under age it is essential to acquire informed consent from a parent, guardian or responsible adult. Finally, it is of much significance to avoid doing harm to the participant whether physically or mentally. For example, it is more considerate to avoid personal, gender and religion