{"id":882,"date":"2016-10-11T05:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/101psych.com\/2016\/10\/11\/semi-structured-interviews\/"},"modified":"2016-10-11T05:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T05:15:07","slug":"semi-structured-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2016\/10\/11\/semi-structured-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-structured Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Semi-Structured Interview <\/strong><\/p>\n

The key to understanding how a semi-structured interview is carried out is to look at the name: it\u2019s semi-<\/em>structured. This means it has some<\/em> structure, but there\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

The structure in this interview method comes in the form of the interview guide<\/strong> that is planned beforehand. This guide includes the general themes or topics that the researcher wants to cover in the actual interview. The interview will consist of a range of questions, including open-ended questions that allow for the interviewees to provide detailed responses.<\/p>\n

So in this structure they ask a combination of open and closed questions, but they are free to provide prompts and go in to more depth depending on the responses provided by the participants. This flexibility is what allows for a lot of data to be collected. It also results in the interview hopefully resembling more of an informal conversation, rather than an interrogation.<\/p>\n

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Example<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at this fictional example about international student\u2019s first day in school.<\/p>\n

The aim of the research is to learn more about strategies international students might use when adjusting to a new school in a new country.<\/p>\n

Interview Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n