A structured interview is a data-collection method defined by three parameters: (1) a predetermined question set that all participants receive in identical form, (2) standardized administration procedures that fix question order, wording, and probing rules, and (3) coded response categories or scoring rubrics applied uniformly across respondents. It persists through documented interview protocols maintained by research teams, training manuals for interviewers, and quality-assurance audits of administration fidelity. [formal: interrogatio structa | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.48]
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structured-interview
A structured interview is a data-collection method defined by three parameters: (1) a predetermined question set that all participants receive in identical form, (2) standardized administration procedures that fix question order, wording,…
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A research method in which the interviewer administers a fixed set of standardized questions in a consistent order and manner to each participant, minimizing interviewer discretion to ensure comparability across responses.
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- structured-interviewen · CANONICAL
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- cmrvtaj3q02au2cei3lu1mfjyINSTANCE_OF →
structured-interview INSTANCE_OF interview per Law 9: a structured interview is a specific kind of interview (one using a fixed question set in standardized manner). A competent speaker would call a structured interview 'an interview.' Specific→general.
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A structured interview IS a specific kind of survey instrument — it uses a fixed set of standardized questions asked in the same order to all participants, making it a type of survey instrument. Direction: specific→general per Law 9.
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