Interview
Writeup
Your writeup must address the following points:
- Methods
- Advertisement - What did you tell people before they came? Did you target a specific group of people through advertising. For example, "We sent an email to my Swing Dance group to get volunteers. The email list has approximately 70 people on it and 5 replied."
- Participants - Who did you interview and why did you pick these people? Do not include their names. Focus on what kind of users they are and what part of your demographic they represent.
- Protocol - What kind of interview did you use (structured, unstructured, semi-structured) and why?
- Protocol - What questions (if any) did you prepare in advance, and why did you select those questions?
- Protocol - Clearly describe the script in words. It should be clear what happened during the interview(s) from the time the participant arrived to when the interview was over.
- Data - Basic facts about the interview, how long did the interview last, how many people did you interview, how did you record information from the interview, etc
- Analysis - How did you analyze the data?
- Results
- Summarize the outcomes of the data analysis.
- Appendix
- Include the script you used for the interview and any handouts you used.
- If you used structured or semi-structured include a list of questions you prepared in advance.
Resources
The following resources are good places to start looking for guidance on conducting an interview. There are many good resources on conducting interviews, find the ones that fit your needs to best.
If you need to do interviews for your UG4 or MSc project I strongly recommend the book "Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies" by Robert S. Weiss.
