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Workbook - Surveys: interviews
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- Contents
- Points to remember
- Short-answer questions
- Fill-in questions
- True/false questions
- Multiple-choice questions
- Practical exercises
Educational objectives
After completing this chapter, you will:
1. be familiar with the nature and complexities of survey research;
2. have an understanding of the distinction between the various types of interview and their relevance to social research;
3. have gained an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of interviews as methods of data collection and their relevance to social research;
4. have developed skills that will help with the construction and administration of interviews in a professional manner;
5. have a critical awareness and appreciation of the place of interviews in quantitative and qualitative research, and of their limitations.
