Group interviews

• Defintion 


  a group of a dozen or so people being interviewed together
• included in group interview

  • qualitive
  • unlikely representive
  • gain verstehn
  • reliable
  • likley generalisablr
  • interpretivist
• practicle strength

  • less time consuming
• practicle limita

  • more training needed
  • studebts may influence eachother
  • aome may dominate conversation
• how to overcome practicle limta


  make sure everyojebhas a say in interview
• ethical strengths


  participant mat feel more confortable in a discussion

  right to withdraw
• ethical limitations

  • peer pressure from groups
  • no confidentiality
• theoretical strength

  • interpretivisy prefer
  • more qualitive data
  • valid + gain versteheb
  • generalisable
• theoretical limits


  positivists limited

  lack reliabitity
• how can theoretical limitations be overcome

  make sure all data can he repeted
• willis


  used group interviews as part of his research into lad and schooling- practicle limitatiobs