Each distinctive format may not be used to generate stories about the participant’s experiences as in a narrative interview.

In structured interviews there is no predetermined list of questions to work through in this situation.

Standardized interviews and structured interviews refer to the same type.

Research interviews used for an explanatory purpose may be useful in both inductive and deductive approaches.

Qualitative research does not allow us capture and understand how people make meaning and sense of what is happening.

Interviewees may not lead the conversation into areas that you had not previously considered but helping you to address your research question and objectives.

In the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a corresponding increase in potential participants’ familiarity with the medium and an increased the use of online interviews for research.

Each distinctive format may be used to focus on critical incidents as in a critical incident interview.

Contrived data are those that result from a researcher organizing a survey.

A focus group interview is one-to-one interview.