Educational Research Methods

 

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Unstructured interviews

“No interview can truly be considered unstructured; however, some are relatively unstructured and are more or less equivalent to guided conversations.” (DiCicco-Bloom & Crabtree,  2006: 315)

DiCicco-Bloom, B., & Crabtree, B. F. (2006). The qualitative research interview. Medical Education, 40, 314-321.

This is a personal site of Keith S. Taber to support teaching of educational research methods.

(Dr Keith Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.)

Interviews are sometimes classed as structured, unstructured or semi-structured, but: