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Social science interview method
A semi-structured interview is a research method most often used in the social sciences. While a structured interview has a rigorous set of questions that do not allow deviation, a semi-structured interview is open, allowing new ideas to emerge in response to the interviewee's input. The interviewer in a semi-structured interview generally has a framework of themes to be explored. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Semi-structured interviewA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Performing an Inductive Thematic Analysis of Semi-Structured Interviews With a Large Language Model: An Exploration and Provocation on the Limits of the ApproachInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Communication in organizationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Systematic methodological review: developing a framework for a qualitative semi‐structured interview guideCited 3,849 times
- Go sideways: Unstructured interviewA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Interview (research)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Systematic methodological review: developing a framework for a qualitative semi‐structured interview guide
Collecting data using a semi‐structured interview: a discussion paper
The semi-structured affective temperament interview (TEMPS-I)
HPV vaccine decision making in pediatric primary care: a semi-structured interview study
A semi‐structured interview to assess visual hallucinations in older people
The ADP-IV Questionnaire: Differential Validity and Concordance with the Semi-Structured Interview
Semi-structured interview protocol for constructing logic models
The social functioning schedule ? A brief semi-structured interview
🆕 Influential since 2022
Performing an Inductive Thematic Analysis of Semi-Structured Interviews With a Large Language Model: An Exploration and Provocation on the Limits of the Approach
Pre-testing Semi-structured Interview Questions Using Expert Review and Cognitive Interview Methods
Semi-structured interview for self-esteem regulation research
Development and psychometric exploration of a semi-structured clinical interview for Misophonia
Older Persons’ Views on Important Values in Swedish Home Care Service: A Semi-Structured Interview Study
📚 Books worth reading
Communication in organizationsHenk T. van der Molen, Henk T. Van der Molen · 2005
Evangelicalism and the emerging churchCory E. Labanow · 2010
Research methods for business studentsMark Saunders, Mark Saunders · 2006
Qualitative research interviewingTom Wengraf · 2001- 📕Moss-PASSteve Moss · 2020
Guide to Psychological Assessment with HispanicsLorraine T. Benuto · 2012- 📕Data collection methodsMargaret C. Harrell · 2009
Strategies for researching learning in higher educationGlynis Cousin · 2008
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