by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
All interviews are interaction situations. Both the interviewer and the interviewee come to the situation with a whole set of characteristics. Discuss in a group each of the following characteristics and explain in what ways each might affect the interview situation –...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
Click here for the British Crime Survey questions used in 2008. Officially described as a questionnaire, the survey is actually a list of questions used by an interviewer. Find answers to the following: How long is the ‘questionnaire’? The interviewer is given very...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
Question 1: ‘What people say they do and what they actually do are not necessarily the same thing’. Why is this such a problem for interviewers? Question 2: Think about fictional examples of police interviews with criminals in police stations that you have seen on...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Interviews A2
Because they are measures that can be used in exactly the same way by different researchers. They involve face-to-face situations and so response rates are likely to be higher; useful observations may be made of the person or place; call-backs can be used. Closed...
