an ethnographic data-gathering technique usually used in the early stages of one's fieldwork in which interviewees are asked to respond to broad, open-ended questions.
The key feature of the unstructured interview is the free-ranging nature of the questions asked. The researcher does not have, nor needs to stick to any particular questions.
A research method involving an extended, open-ended interaction between an interviewer and an interviewee.
An interview done without using a questionnaire, or even a semi-structured list of topics. Normally used when respondents are asked to describe an important or recent event in their life.
An interview not conducted with prepared questions.
a spontaneous conversation, not a specific set of questions asked in a predetermined order
A method of collecting information in which the interviewer has a set of open-ended questions (questions without pre-determined answer categories) designed to obtain very detailed information Synonym: in-depth interview