Structured interview
What Structured interview means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Pre-set questions asked in a fixed order, so it is replicable, comparable across respondents and needs little training.
An interview that follows a fixed schedule in a fixed order, so it is replicable but cannot follow anything up.
Topics that use Structured interview
- Research methods (AQA A-Level)
- Scientific processes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Closed questions
- Open questions
- Unstructured interview
- Absenteeism and productivity
- Abstract
- Aim
- Application of research to policy
- co-variables
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