LESSON 13- INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW
-is a data gathering technique
that makes you verbally ask the
subjects or respondents
questions to give answers to
what your research study is
trying to look for.
TYPES OF INTERVIEW
1. STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
-this requires the use of an interview schedule or a list of
questions with one and only item from a set of alternative
responses.
2. UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW
-the respondents answer the
questions based on what they
personally think and feel about it.
TYPES OF INTERVIEW
3. SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
-the characteristics of the first two
types. After choosing one from the
suggested answers, the respondents
answer another set of questions to
make them explain the reason behind
their choices.
APPROACHES FOR
INTERVIEW
1.Individual Interview-only one respondent
is interviewed.
2. Group Interview-interviewing a group of
people at the same time.
3. Mediated Interview-interview takes
place through electronic communication
devices such as phone, e-mail, etc.
Steps in conducting an Interview
1. Getting to Know Each Other
2. Having an Idea of the Research
3. Starting the Interview
4. Conducting the Interview Proper
5. Putting an end to the Interview
6. Pondering Over Interview
Afterthoughts
QUESTIONNAIRE
-is a paper containing a list of
questions including the specific place
and space in the paper where you
write the answers to the questions.
Purposes of a Questionnaire
1. To discover people’s thoughts and
feelings about the topic of the
research.
2. To assist you in conducting an effective
face-to-face interview with your
respondents.
3. To help you plan how to obtain and
record the answers to your questions.
4. To make the analysis, recording, and
coding of data easier and faster.
Types of Questionnaire
1. Postal Questionnaire
-this type of questionnaire goes to the
respondent through postal service or
electronic mail.
2. Self-administered Questionnaire
-this kind of questionnaire makes you
act as the interviewer and the
interviewee at the same time.
Advantages of Questionnaire
1. It is cheap as it does not require you to
travel to hand the questionnaires to a
big number of respondents in a far a
way places.
2. It entails an easy distribution to
respondents.
3. It offers more opportunity for the
respondents to ponder on their
responses.
4. It enables easy comparison of answers
because a certain degree of uniformity
among the questions.
5. It has the capacity to elicit spontaneous
or genuine answers from the respondents.
Disadvantages of Questionnaire
1. There is a possibility that some
questions you distributed do not go
back to you.
2. Confusing and uninteresting questions
to respondents fail to elicit the desired
responses.