Disadvantages

Cards (2)

  • Validity
    Critics of structured interviews see them as invalid as they produce a false picture of what they are studying.
    -Structured interviews usually use closed-ended questions that restrict interviewees to choosing from a number of pre-set answers.
    -Structured interviews give interviewers very little freedom to explain questions or clarify misunderstandings
  • Inflexibility
    Structured interviews suffer from inflexibility due to having to draw up the questions in advance. From doing so, the researcher has already decided what is important