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Methodology of Social Research

notes or collective inter working. Hence, it is such a social process in which inter-working between two
persons is involved.”
Goode and Hatthas basically considered interview to a process of social inter-working. Hayder and
Lindman have considered interview to be a conversation between two or more people in which oral
reply and counter reply is there. Pamar has considered interview to be a psychological process in
which reply and counter-reply happens between two persons. Luther fry’s view is that interview is a
matter-collection process; it is nothing more than a conversation for some definite objective. In it two
or more persons, mutually finding motivation from each other, do reply and counter reply.

Notes Interview is such a process in which two or more than two people, keeping a specific
objective before, do a face-to-face dialogue, conversation and reply- counter reply.
it is a psychological process in which interviewer studies the feelings, thoughts,
psychology and internal life of the respondent. it is a social process also.

Characteristics of Interview
Based on various definitions of interview, below mentioned characteristics of interview are
revealed-
1. for interview it is important to have two or more than two persons who do a mutual contact,
conversation and inter-working.
2. in these persons, one person takes the interview and the other is the respondent.
3. interview is a social process
4. interview is a purposeful conversation.
5. it is also a psychological process.
6. in interview, face-to-face and primary relations get established between both the parties.
7. in interview, compilation of information and facts related to study subject is done by the
researcher.
8. interview is an oral method of information compilation.

objectives of interview

Below mentioned are the main objectives of interview:
1. Information through Direct Contact: in interview, between two people, face-to-face direct
and primary relations are established and in such situation, researcher compiles from the
informant, important information related to the subject. researcher, because of his presence,
motivates the informant to give the information, they both converse openly, and informant
provides internal information. in this manner, through direct contact, researcher receives
the information about internal feelings, emotions, psychologies, beliefs and desires of the
informant, which is normally not possible through any other method except interview.
2. Source of Hypothesis: one objective of interview is to receive the required material for
building hypothesis. During interview, new knowledge is inaugurated about the people
and groups, new fields are known, knowledge is received about the feelings, psychologies,

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