An interview using a formally structured “schedule” of interview questions, or script.
What is standardized or structured
100
interview questions that concern the central focus of the study, and are geared to elicit specific desired information
What is Essential questions
100
people or groups who are in positions to grant or deny access to a research setting
What is gatekeepers
100
an approach that examines simple or complex phenomena of individuals or groups through use of multiple methods and/or sources of data through which a full and deep examination of one case among many occurrences is created
What is case study analysis
100
a technique used to pictorially represent ideas and their connections and enhances understanding of relationships between ideas/concepts
What is concept mapping
200
An interview that has a number of predetermined questions and special topics that are asked in a systematic and consistent order, but the interviewers are allowed freedom to digress.
What is Semistandardized or semistructured interview
200
interview questions that provide a way for the interviewer to draw out more complete stories from subjects, to prompt them to elaborate, or tell more information, to reflect more
What is probing questions
200
Dangers that arise when a researcher exposes himself or herself to otherwise avoidable dangers, simply by having to be in a dangerous setting or circumstance to carry out the research
What is ambient risk
200
the method communication researchers use to describe and interpret the characteristics of a recorded or visual message
What is textual analysis
200
A research technique in which a subset of a larger population is used to make inferences about the population as a whole
What is sampling
300
The interviewee, who provides the answers to the questions
What is informant
300
Interview questions that are designed to check the reliability of response to the essential questions by asking in another manner
What is extra questions
300
Dangers that occur when the researcher’s presence or behaviors in the setting trigger conflict, violence, or hostility from others in the setting
What is situational risk
300
a number of approaches to analyze written, vocal, or sign language use, or any significant semiotic event
What is discourse analysis
300
using multiple data-gathering techniques to investigate the same phenomenon as a means of mutual confirmation of measures and validation of findings
What is triangulation
400
A loosely structured interview that has certain planned topics, but the actual flow of the conversation varies according to the responses of each interviewee
What is Unstandardized or unstructured interview
400
General interview questions that are designed to establish rapport with the subject
What is throw-away questions
400
Indigenous persons found among a group in the setting to be studied who may assist with data collection or access to a setting
What is guides or informants
400
A form of criticism or close reading that employs the principles of language to examine the interactions between a text, an author, and an audience
What is rhetorical analysis
400
Providing a concrete intended meaning of a concept in relation to a particular study that provides criteria for measuring the empirical existence of that concept
What is operationalization
500
A conversation with a purpose
What is dramaturgical interview
500
The type of questions asked in qualitative research
What is open-ended (how/why)
500
Placing researchers in the midst of whatever it is they study
What is ethnography or participant observation
500
The analysis of communication in all its forms, particularly those that contain the interaction and integration of two or more resources of communication
What is multimodal analysis
500
An active attempt to remove from the research any elements that might indicate the subjects’ identities is an attempt to guarantee what?