Semi-structured interview

An interview is a social interaction. Interviews would commonly happen one to one, with one person being the interviewer and the other the interviewee. However you can also have group interviews or telephone ones. The interviewer will question the interviewee in hope to gain information on a certain topic. Research interviews provide a qualitative method of gathering data, evidence and information. The main roll of interviews within qualitative research is to investigate issues that quantitative…

There are three types of interviews: structured interviews, semi structured interviews, and unstructured interviews. Structured interviews are interviews that are formal such as telephone interviews, survey research and political polling. The interview is set up with a designed place ahead of time and a set of questions preplanned. Semi structured interviews are interviews that allows the interviewee to talk about a topic more “open minded” (pg. 87) rather than structured and to the point. The…

Cultural norms and values influence the willingness to seek healthcare assistance. Misunderstandings about the nature of hospice care services created barriers. The article is well structured with clear findings. The authors give evidences to support the study. However, the authors should draw a clear conclusion to highlight the important points in the research. I have learned that by educating people about hospice care services in various…

Interview My main reason to learn what participants thinks about the giftedness in early childhood. Therefore, interview is a great tool for me to achieve that goal. The semi structured interview are will be the center of this mini study, since guided interview allows researcher to follow format to utilize with all participants (Litchman, 2013). Even though the participants know the purpose of the interview, I will begin the interview by providing information about (a) why conducting the study,…

1.1.1 Collecting the data The data collected for the study comprised of the official documents of the MSc HQ program and the interviews of the faculty. 1.1.1.1 Documents The documents used for the evaluation included the published articles and administrative documents of the program along with the 2015 courses syllabi. 1.1.1.2 Interviews The faculty who volunteered to participate in the study were referred to as participant(s) in this evaluation. Preferably, the course directors were invited to…

expressing their ideas in English). Therefore, the interviews were conducted in Chinese, which was the first language of the participants. Time for the interviews was based on participants’ schedule and the places of the interviews were decided by the participants for their convenience. Some participants preferred to take part in the interviews on campus rather than their residences, although they were not close to the university. Thus, the interviews were designed to be one-time and in-depth…

In my interview I choose to interview one of my housemates Samantha Wood. I do not know Samantha very well but have communicated with her the odd time. Samantha goes to Georgian college and is 21 years old. I choose to interview her specifically because she is quite about her life and interests so I was motivated to use this interview to get to know her better. I asked Samantha basic questions about her use of and experiences with social media. The interview process was beneficial for what…

important aspect of identity formation for children, involves them drawing distinctions between themselves and others. Psychologists are increasingly interested in the self-descriptions that children give at different ages. Harter 1983 reviewed interviews of children’s self-descriptions at different ages and found a developmental sequence. She found that young children gave self-descriptions in terms of their observable characteristics such as their physical appearance and through activities…

Data Collection - Professional and Expert Interviews Primary data was collected by conducting semi-structured interviews of professionals and experts in the field of medical marijuana recommendation and distribution in each of the three states utilizing a uniform set of open-ended questions. This data was coded and analyzed to further determine if the FDA regulation medical marijuana would protect vulnerable populations or if vulnerable populations can by protected through state medical…

Commentary on the interviews and focus groups (challenges, what worked well, keeping on track etc) “Qualitative interviewing appears a very significant tool with which to understand central features of our conversational world” (Brinkmann, 2013, p.4). As a former reporter of printing media, I used to do the interview as frequently as daily. I conducted the interviews with different background of people such as artists, actors and actress, writers, professors and businessmen. I have been done…