Reading comprehension workshop

Conducting In-depth interviews

Q 1:

• According to the text, give an appropriate definition for in-depth interviews.

Q 2:

• State the reasons why the following sentence is right or wrong?

“In-depth interviews are useful when you want detailed information about a person’s thoughts and behaviors or want to explore new issues in depth”

Q 3:

• State if the following expressions are advantages or limitations of in-depth interviews. Support your answers

– Prone to bias– Can be time-intensive– Interviewer must be appropriately trained in

interviewing techniques– Not generalizable

Q 4:

• Select one of the following steps for conducting in-depth interviews and provide an in-depth explanation.

Q 5:

• According to the plan explained in the previous slide, design and present the plan you’ll follow to administer your in-depth interviews. Include information such as the number of people you’ll interview and the criteria you used to select them as well as the questions you’ll ask.