Interview= researcher asks ps Q face to face and the ps gives a response
Structured Interview= contain fixed pre-determined Qs and ways of replying, e.g Y/N - closed Qs or 'fixed response' Qs (formal, pre-set list of Q that is not deviated from)
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Semi-structured Interview= contain guidelines for Qs to be asked, phrasing and timing are left up to the interviewer, answers may be open-ended (framework for Q to be asked, Q may be omitted(left out) and added)
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Unstructured Interview= may contain a topic area for discussion but NO FIXED Qs for ways of answering, interviewer helps and clarifies interview (informal like a conversation, list of prompts to guide questioning)
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Clinical Interview= semi-structured guidelines but further questioning to elaborate upon answers. Open Q provide more qual data (Piaget and Freud used this method of interviewing children)
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