Unstructured interviews
Qualitative method using open-ended questions and flexible questioning to explore respondents' meanings, experiences, and perspectives in depth, allowing interviewer to probe and follow unexpected themes.
Real World
Sociologist Beverley Skeggs used unstructured interviews with working-class women in Formations of Class and Gender, allowing women to talk freely about identity and respectability in their own words.
Exam Focus
Contrast validity (unstructured) with reliability (structured) — examiners reward students who use these concepts precisely rather than interchangeably.
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