Interviews semi-structured

Data collected Data collected through personal interviews Semi-structured questionnaire... 

In order to design the entire Development Program, the MIDAS team carried out initial research, part of which involved conducting semi-structured interviews with general managers, directors, and chief executives to ascertain what competencies were crucial for, for example ... 

The most commonly used instruments are listed in table 41.2 and can be subdivided into two groups first, semi-structured interviews such as the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders, and Schizophrenia, Epidemiologic version (K-SADS-E), the Interview for Childhood Disorders and Schizophrenia (ICDS) and the Children and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA). These... 

These are instruments developed to identify specific psychiatric disorders. Most of these scales are based on a structured or semi-structured interview lasting some 60 90 min. Structured interviews contain a mix of open-ended and closed questions. Open-ended questions are essential for the validity of a diagnostic procedure closed questions support the reliability and the standardization of diagnostic tools. The primary goal for the use of diagnostic scales is to reduce the variance within samples caused by diagnostic differences, i.e. to create homogeneous patient populations included in clinical trials. 

The most commonly used semi-structured diagnostic scale is the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCI I) First et al., 1997). A clinical version of the SCID (SCID-CV) is designed for use in clinical settings and covers the most commonly seen diagnoses according to DSM-IV. The research version of the SCID includes ratings for different subtypes, severity and course specifiers of mental disorders. The SCLD-CV contains six modules (A) Mood Episodes (B) Psychotic Symptoms (C) Psychotic Disorders (D) Mood Disorders (E) Substance Use Disorders fF) Anxiety and Other Disorders. 

The 1 ale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) is an OCD-specific instrument in which ratings are based mainly on patients self-report in a semi-structured interview. Five items are addressed to rate the severity of obsessive symptoms and five items to assess the compulsive symptoms (Goodmann et al., 1989). The YBOCS is the best-established and standard instrument to diagnose OCD it has been used in most of the clinical trials in this area. 

Like other assessment instillments, the QLS was developed using patient interviews and factor analysis to derive those dimensions and questions that are most relevant to the patient s experience (Heinrichs et al., 1984). The QLS scale contains 21 items and is intended to be administered as a semi-structured interview. Each item consists of three parts a brief statement is provided to help the interviewee understand and focus on the parameter to be assessed a number of suggested questions are provided that may help the interviewer begin his exploration with the subject and a seven-point scale is provided for each item, with a brief description at four points to help the interviewee make... 

Qualitative methodology uses small samples of subjects and the method of (usually) personal interviews, based on structured or more usually semi-structured questionnaires. The interviews are tape- or video-recorded and then transcribed and analyzed for patterns and categories in students thinking. Data treatment can also be done by commercial packages for qualitative analysis. This methodology provides the possibility for in-depth monitoring and study of students ideas and understandings about scientific concepts. One could think of written questionnaires as instant pictures, and of interviews as motion pictures. 

A semi-structured interviewing technique was used to allow interviewees sufficient flexibility in articulating their responses while ensuring sufficient topic coverage for the subsequent analysis. Interview questions acted as guides or probes, based on a funnelling technique (see [294]) ... 

During research trips in the United States and Germany, I enhanced these materials with semi-structured interviews. Questions were prepared in advance however, I intentionally structured interviews to allow follow-up queries to insightful responses. While a valuable "primary source by themselves, the interviews were also very helpful for gaining access to private archives and document centers otherwise not open to the public. 

We have used early results from both focus groups with the public and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in three quite diverse areas of embryonic hydrogen energy development in the United Kingdom, to suggest that members of the public, policy-makers and industrialists at local level have much to say of relevance about the future of this technology. 

Garnett Treagust (1992a) Australia 32 school students Semi-structured interviewed... 

The data for this chapter have been collected through semi-structured interviews with key actors in the debates, whom remain anonymous. To that end interviews were held with an activist who coordinated an early protest group, an activist... 

With the exception of the two telephone interviews, all interviews were conducted on farm using semi-structured schedules and lasted between VA to 2 A hours. These interviews were recorded and transcribed for pattern searching. Based on information from advisors and initial fanner interviews, farmers were subsequently selected to represent the range of perspectives held within the socio-technical network group (the mechanization cooperative). The analysis is presented in three sections. The first depicts farmers narrative on organic diffusion and conversion processes, and the means by which farmers have built social and technical relations within these processes. The second section focuses on the strategies employed by actors that were peripheral to farmer interviews, whilst in the third section the three categories of risk posed by the conversion/diffiision process are discussed. 

The interview with a retired pilot of a civil aviation company took place on May 12, 2011 and lasted approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. It was a semi-structured interview with a predefined set of questions concerning the incidents that the pilot or any of his colleagues had experienced during his flight career. In the beginning of the interview it was clearly announced to the interviewee that we were interested in the cases within air traffic where a small local mistake could have led to severe global consequences, but was corrected before an actual accident would occur. The interviewee was asked to recall such incidents. This question contained the following subquestions ... 

Interviews typically employ a semi-structured interview guide that ensures all research participants are asked the same set of questions. The guide is semi-structured in that it contains prompts for the interviewer to request elaboration of additional details and examples in response to the personal views and ideas offered by the interviewee. 

Interviews played an essential role in advancing the research described at the start of this chapter. Using semi-structured interviews, Nakhleh 14) was... 

Interviews covered the following topics broadly. Greater emphasis was placed on questions in domains pertinent to the respondent s individual profile (e.g., faculty member, student). The following interview protocol served as a semi-structured framework for the in-depth interview. Follow-up, probe questions built upon responses to these general questions. 

The interviews were semi-structured, and due to the exploratory focus, we kept our questions open-ended (Yin 2003). We selected the interviewees based on convenience sampling and snowhaUing. A total of 22 persons were interviewed and 78 percent of the interviewees were highly experienced (more than 10 years of experience), while 13 percent were experienced (5-10 years of experience). 

The case studies are based on two different interview methods. The first case study uses the lO MTO method, while the second case study uses more traditional semi structured interviews. 

The RNNP case study is using a more traditional interview method, called semi structured. Semi structured means that the interviews are less structured as an questionnaire, but more structured than a free conversation on one topic. The interviewers use an interview guide hsting topics they want to talk about. For each topic there are some central questions. 

This paper is based on a quantitative survey, interviews, and fieldwork in a major Norwegian shipping company. Data was collected in 2008-2009 and consists of survey data from 112 Filipino officers, as well as observations and structured and semi-structured interviews carried out during visits on board. 

The exploratory study was based on workplace visits and semi-structured interviews with managers of 7 SMEs enterprises. Interviews focusednpon managers attitudes, knowledge and perceptions regarding the OH S, their commitment to safety, cooperation with occupational physicians (OPs), and worker s involvement in safety. The objective was to bnilt np a picture which took into account not only how OH S organized and implemented in the enterprise, but also how managers valued it and how they viewed the role of OPs in improvement of safety culture at the enterprise. 

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