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  1. Semi-Structured Interview

    A semi-structured interview is a data collection method that relies on asking questions within a predetermined thematic framework. However, the questions are not set in order or in phrasing. In research, semi-structured interviews are often qualitative in nature. They are generally used as an exploratory tool in marketing, social science ...

  2. Semi-structured Interview: A Methodological Reflection on the

    Hence, the semi-structured interview could potentially enable qualitative researchers to amend their research questions throughout their studies while maintaining their track.

  3. Semistructured interviewing in primary care research: a balance of

    Semistructured in-depth interviews are commonly used in qualitative research and are the most frequent qualitative data source in health services research. This method typically consists of a dialogue between researcher and participant, guided by a flexible ...

  4. Semi-structured Interviews

    The semi-structured interview is an exploratory interview used most often in the social sciences for qualitative research purposes or to gather clinical data. While it generally follows a guide or protocol that is devised prior to the interview and is focused on a core topic to provide a general structure, the semi-structured interview also ...

  5. Strengths and Weaknesses of Semi-Structured Interviews in Qualitative

    A semi-structured interview (SSI) is one of the essential tools in conduction qualitative research. This essay draws upon the pros and cons of applying semi-structured interviews (SSI) in the ...

  6. Qualitative research method-interviewing and observation

    Qualitative research method-interviewing and observation. Buckley and Chiang define research methodology as "a strategy or architectural design by which the researcher maps out an approach to problem-finding or problem-solving.". [ 1] According to Crotty, research methodology is a comprehensive strategy 'that silhouettes our choice and ...

  7. A Reflexive Lens on Preparing and Conducting Semi-structured Interviews

    In qualitative research, researchers often conduct semi-structured interviews with people familiar to them, but there are limited guidelines for researchers who conduct interviews to obtain curriculum-related information with academic colleagues who work in the same area of practice but at different higher education institutions. Using a pragmatic constructivist stance, we address the ...

  8. Mastering the semi-structured interview and beyond: From research

    This book offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor and illuminates unexpected, real-life ...

  9. Semi-structured interviewing

    This chapter presents a guide to conducting effective semi-structured interviews. It discusses the nature of semi-structured interviews and why they should be used, as well as preparation, the logistics of conducting the interview, and reflexivity.

  10. Research and scholarly methods: Semi‐structured interviews

    The popularity and value of qualitative research has increasingly been recognized in health and pharmacy services research. Although there is certainly an appropriate place in qualitative research for other data collection methods, a primary benefit of the semi-structured interview is that it permits interviews to be focused while still giving the investigator the autonomy to explore pertinent ...

  11. Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews

    For collecting data, this research study employed semi structured interviews, because it tends to combine the structure of a closed ended interview, with the openness of a free flowing one, to ...

  12. The use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research

    What needs to be considered before collecting data through semi-structured interviews? How does thinking about analysis before questioning help or hinder interviewing practice? How should the strengths and weaknesses of the method be evaluated? To cite this paper: Newton, Nigel (2010) The use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research: strengths and weaknesses. Paper submitted in ...

  13. Interviews and focus groups in qualitative research: an update for the

    Interviews may be structured, semi-structured or unstructured, 3 according to the purpose of the study, with less structured interviews facilitating a more in depth and flexible interviewing approach.

  14. Qualitative Interviewing

    Qualitative interviewing is a foundational method in qualitative research and is widely used in health research and the social sciences. Both qualitative semi-structured and in-depth unstructured interviews use verbal communication, mostly in face-to-face interactions, to collect data about the attitudes, beliefs, and experiences of participants.

  15. A Systematic Approach to Improving the Transparency of Interview

    Semi-structured interviews allow progressive interview refinements to gain an in-depth understanding of a research question, but interview refinements affect the stopping point. This paper aims to describe a method that provides transparency in interview refinements and helps researchers decide on a stopping point.

  16. Semi-structured Interviews

    Semi-structured interviews are often preceded by observation, informal and unstructured interviewing in order to allow the researchers to develop a keen understanding of the topic of interest necessary for developing relevant and meaningful semi-structured questions.

  17. Interviews in qualitative research

    Interviews are a common method of data collection in nursing research. They are frequently used alone in a qualitative study or combined with other data collection methods in mixed or multi-method research. Semi-structured interviews, where the researcher has some predefined questions or topics but then probes further as the participant responds, can produce powerful data that provide insights ...

  18. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing

    This chapter gives an introduction to qualitative interviewing in its unstructured and semistructured forms. Initially, the human world is depicted as a conversational reality in which interviewing takes a central position as a research method. Interviewing is presented as a social practice that has a cultural history and that today appears in a variety of different formats. A number of ...

  19. Conducting qualitative interviews by telephone: Lessons learned from a

    A semi-structured interview guide was used, which included eight primary questions and follow-up probes related to study participants' life experiences in several areas including family, friendships, identity, substance use, intimate relationships, trauma, and management of mood.

  20. Qualitative Research: Experiences in Using Semi-Structured Interviews

    The chapter discusses "real-life" experiences in using semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. The reasons for using semi-structured interviews, the design and development of the questionnaire used, the process of interviewing and choice of interviewees, and some of the problems encountered and overcome are presented in the chapter. The chapter describes the process of ...

  21. Semistructured interviewing in primary care research: a balance of

    Semistructured in-depth interviews are commonly used in qualitative research and are the most frequent qualitative data source in health services research. This method typically consists of a dialogue between researcher and participant, guided by a flexible interview protocol and supplemented by follow-up questions, probes and comments. The method allows the researcher to collect open-ended ...

  22. Semistructured Interview

    2.6.1 Semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews were selected as the qualitative methodology to explore personal reflections on the MC. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews could offer valuable insight into what the current dialogue is on menstruation, and what strategies could feasibly be used to manage the potential effects of ...

  23. The use of evidence to guide decision-making during the COVID-19

    Methods We examined decision-makers' observations on evidence-use in early COVID-19 policy-making in British Columbia (BC), Canada through a qualitative case study. From July 2021- January 2022, we conducted 18 semi-structured key informant interviews with BC elected officials, provincial and regional-level health officials, and civil society actors involved in the public health response. The ...

  24. A Realist Evaluation of Social Care Practitioners' Experiences With and

    RESOLVE 2, the current study, focuses on understanding the engagement (or not) of SCPs in research and findings will be used to develop and promote uptake of the RESOLVE guidance; RESOLVE 2 will entail a realist evaluation using qualitative semi-structured interviews with SCPs; it will use RESOLVE as an illustrative example.

  25. 6 Qualitative Data Examples for Thorough Researchers

    Semi-structured interviews for qualitative data analysis are an effective method for data analysts to get a deep understanding of consumer sentiments. It provides a structured yet flexible approach to gather in-depth insights.

  26. The value of health service-based research to health service

    We adhered to a well-established qualitative design and semi-structured interview focused on two key questions, but for practical reasons some of the interviews were audio recorded and others relied on interviewers' notes.

  27. Influence of Intelligent Assitive Technology on the Daily Activities of

    Semi-structured interviews (N=25) and an online qualitative survey (N=37) were the primary data sources, while a document review was used as a secondary data source. NVivo 12 was used for qualitative data analysis. Qualtrics was used for the online qualitative survey while AudioMass was used for voice editing of interviews.

  28. Overdose responses among rural people who use drugs: A multi-regional

    Each study conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with people who use drugs to understand contextual factors influencing drug use and health behaviors. We analyzed qualitative data from seven studies with data available at the time of analysis to understand peer response to overdose.

  29. Perceptions of childhood immunisations in rural Transkei--a qualitative

    Methods: Detailed interviews were conducted using standardised semi-structured questionnaires. Interviews involved 60 caretakers of children aged under 5 years brought to a community health centre. Interviews were followed by two focus groups and free listing interviews to validate results of these questionnaires.

  30. Physicians' understanding of antibiotic intravenous-to-oral switching—a

    Methods 15 physicians working in 9 different departments of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University participated in this study. A semi-structured face-to-face interview was conducted to collect interview information about the antibiotic IVOS therapy. NVivo12 software was used to organize the entire interview content, and the interview data was analyzed and summarized using the ...