Congratulations on finishing the section! You have now learned about the four different types of interviews. Interviews can range from completely unstructured to meticulously structured. It’s up to you, based on your study and your purpose for interviewing, to determine the level of structure you will employ in your research interviews. Once you have a good idea of whether you will be using structured, unstructured, semi-structured, or group interviews you can move on to the next section to learn about planning your interviews! Let’s review some key concepts before moving on.
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