Why Use Interview as research tool?
Interview method as a qualitative research tool Interview method is the most common format of data collection in qualitative research. Qualitative interview are either semi-structured, lightly structured or in-depth. Unstructured interviews are generally done in conducting long-term field work and allow respondents to express themselves in their own ways and pace, with minimal hold on respondents’ responses. Unstructured interview resembles a conversation more than an interview and is always thought to be a “controlled conversation” which is skewed towards the interests of the interviewer. Semi-structured interviews are based on semi-structured interview guide, which is a schematic presentation of questions or topics and need to be explored by the interviewer. To achieve optimum use of interview time, interview guides serve the useful purpose of exploring many respondents more systematically and comprehensively as well as to keep the interview focused on the desired line of acti...