Unstructured Interviews

Question 1

Open Questions

Answer 1

• require detailed responses, more than a simple yes or no

Question 2

Rapport

Answer 2

• establishing a good relationship between interviewers

Question 3

Social desirability

Answer 3

• changing your responses when participating in a personal or telephone interview

Question 4

Dobash + Dobash (1979)

Answer 4

• used statistics from police court records in Scotland to find information on DV victims
• in depth interviews, some lasting 8 hours
• trigger for DV was when women challenged male authority
• argue that marriage legitimates violence against women by giving me power and authority

Question 5

Dean & Taylor-Gooby (1992)

Answer 5

• unstructured tape-recorded interviews to investigate claimants’ experience of unemployment
• 85 claimants with interviews lasting up to 90mins
• question not in any set order/inappropriate questions removed
• wording was adapted to fit circumstances
• gave interviewees freedom to talk in own terms about issues

Question 6

PET analyse ( Dobash + Dobash)

Answer 6

Practical - checks understanding, time consuming
Ethical - rapport, psychological harm
Theoretical - versthen, lack reliability

Question 7

PET analyse (Dean & Taylor-Gooby)

Answer 7

Practical - unfamiliar topics, interpersonal skills
Ethical - ability to miss questions, uncomfortable discussion
Theoretical - freedom, hawthone effect