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Interviews and focus groups are:
Research methodologies.
Elements of the conceptual framework.
Elements of the theoretical framework.
Examples of data gathering methods
Interviews and focus groups can be conducted face-to-face or:
Back-to-back.
Front to back.
Using computer mediated communication (CMC).
Using extra sensory perception (ESP).
In a focus group:
The researcher facilitates a group of people in focusing on and discussing the phenomenon under investigation.
The researcher interviews a group of people.
The researcher interviews one person.
The researcher photographs a group of people.
Focus groups are generally used when:
The researcher hasn’t time to interview participants.
The researcher doesn’t want to interview participants.
The researcher refuses to interview participants.
The researcher wants the participants to focus on a particular phenomenon and through that focus, generate some ideas about or insights into the phenomenon under investigation.
Three of the five types of interview explored in the textbook are:
The one-to-one interview, the group interview and the telephone interview.
The short interview, the long interview and the in-between interview.
The happy interview, the sad interview and the neutral interview.
The radio interview, the television interview and the dvd interview.
In focus groups and in group interviews:
The researcher is the focus of attention.
The group is the focus of attention.
The group dynamic is used to help generate the required data.
The group dynamic is often beyond the control of the researcher.
Online interviews are:
Interviews conducted over the telephone.
A different form of focus group.
Better than any other kind of interview.
Interviews conducted online
In photo-elicitation interviews, the researcher engages research participants in:
Taking photographs.
Collecting photographs.
A search for photographs.
An exploration and analysis of a photograph or a series of photographs.
Bias in research is:
Anything that compromises or contaminates the research or the data.
The way researchers tend to favour particular areas of research.
The way researchers tend to favour particular methodologies in research
The way researchers tend to favour particular methods of research
Interviews are conducted differently in:
The Middle East and the Far East.
Africa and Asia.
Europe and America.
Quantitative and qualitative research.
In quantitative research interviews are conducted in:
Research laboratories.
A structured and systematic manner.
An unstructured manner.
In a haphazard manner.
In qualitative research interviews are usually conducted:
In research laboratories.
In a structured and systematic manner.
Using a loosely designed interview schedule.
In a haphazard manner.
Data gathering schedules are designed to:
Provide the necessary data for the research project.
Fit into the bag the researcher carries.
Fit with the lifestyle the researcher pursues.
Provide the researcher with an introduction to the field or context within which the research will take place.
Semi-structured interview and focus group schedules allow:
The researcher the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation.
Participants the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation.
The research supervisor the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation.
Gatekeepers in the research the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation.
Interviewee verification is an aid to:
Reviewing the literature.
Developing the methodological framework.
Developing the analytical framework.
Establishing the validity of the data gathered, and consequently it is an aid to establishing the validity of the research.