HSOC 408 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Unstructured Interview
18 Nov 2016
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Two types of qualitative interviewing: unstructured interview: the interviewer may have just a single question and the interview is allowed to flow freely. Unstructured interviews are similar in nature to conversations: semi-structured interview: the interviewer has a list of topics to be covered in the interview. Kinds of questions: introducing questions: (please tell me about x, follow up questions: (what do you mean by x?) (repeating significant words in an answer can stimulate further elaboration from the interviewee. "no?": probing questions: (earlier, you said x. Each question will have a subject matter which could relate to any of the following: Consider using photographs (photo elicitation) as stimulus for questioning. For example, showing 5 photographs depicting fatherhood may allow the interviewee to have a clearer picture in mind of what they think is ideal. Life history interviews invite subjects to look back in detail across his or her entire life course.
