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SemiStructuredInterviews.pptx
Semi Structured Interviews
Listen
Try to understand their perspective
Aim to be empathic & supportive
Build trust
Encourage them to state things in their own words
Interrupt
Correct their perspective
Interrogate or confront
Rely on “did you” or “do you” probes
Ask Why questions
Do’s
Do NOT’s
Let the participant explore a question before you ask probe
Ask the participant to elaborate, qualify, or give examples
Be sensitive to their nonverbals
Revise a question that doesn’t work
Be willing to take time for unanticipated issues
Leave them feeling positive about you and the IV
Express appreciation
Don’t
Ask loaded questions (frame questions in neutral terms)
Expect participant to answer questions you would not
Take an authoritarian stance in the interview
Gloss over what the participants wants to talk about
Forget to follow up
Truncate interview to get it done on time
Leave when the participant seems distressed
Do’s
Do NOT’s
Be Mindful of how you Present Yourself
Be mindful of your demeanor, Aim for “disarming demeanor”
The more relaxed, prepared, and confident you can appear the more relaxed and open your interviewee will feel
Recognize you will likely be nervous, prepare how you will manage this
Be open, be a listener
Plan to listen more than you talk
Preparing by Being Self-Reflexive
Take time to review your research proposal
Remind yourself why this project matters to you
Remind yourself what this interview might offer your participant (a means to tell their story, to be heard, to be better understood, address misunderstandings about themselves or family members, redress stigma or stereotypes, provide advice on best practices)
Journal about your lived experiences and background you bring to this interview speech event
Interview Guide Details
10 main interview questions
Full sentences
Worded exactly as you plan to introduce the questions to their interviewees.
Carefully constructed and worded well: not too direct--Not closed--Not loaded--Not too difficult--Tone good
Demonstrate the student has drafted and redrafted them
Demonstrate piloted
prompts and probes for each main interview question
Prompts and probes are included for each main interview question.
Prompts and probes encourage participants to:
open up,
expand on their answers,
provide more detail.
annotation for each main interview question
identifies the question’s type (e.g., opening, intermediate, closing question),
the rationale for the sequencing of the question,
how the question will help you answer your research question,
how you would feel if asked this question, and
why the question is likely to be meaningful to your interview participants.
