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Methodology of Social Research
notes 7. On the Basis of Formality
1. formal interviews: in it beforehand some questions are made and written. other than these,
interviewer does not have the liberty to make new questions or change the words. such interviews
are also called regular, organized or directed interviews.
2. informal interview: in it interviewer has the liberty to make the questions, change the sequence, make
new questions, describe the meaning and change the wordings of the questions. in it, during interview,
no help is taken of any kind of schedule. it is also called uncontrolled or undirected interview.
self assessment
fill in the blanks:
1. through __________ feelings, psychologies, thoughts and principles etc of the informant
are known.
2. to __________ the interviewer, interview guide is compulsorily used.
3. Under it there is more possibility of __________.
8. On the Basis of Methodology
on the basis of methodology, interview is divided into below mentioned two parts:
1. focussed interview: Such interviews were first used by the American sociologists Muturn in 1946
to know the social and psychological effects of public modes of communication such as radio, T.V.
, films, newspapers etc. He has mentioned 150 effects of radio on social life. This interview is taken
only on those informants who have been related with the study subject. for e.g., after listening to a
radio programme or watching a movie, to know its impact, interview is taken of its listener or viewers.
Since in this interview is focussed on the effects of any specific incidence, condition or situation, it is
known as focussed interview. Below mentioned are its merits:
(i) this interview is taken from those people only who have been related to the study subject.
(ii) in such kind of interview, support of interview guide is taken, in which subject related facts
that need to be known are mentioned.
(iii) such an interview is taken to know the experience, psychology and feelings of the informant
towards a specific situation.
(iv) in it interviewer cannot affect the answers of the informant.
(v) in it a list of questions is prepared by doing a pre-analysis of incidence.
2. non-directive interview: it is also known as uncontrolled or ungoverned interview. in this,
independent questions are asked from the informant about a difficult problem. In this there is no pre-
determined schedule of questions nor is there any control on the informant in relation to the answer.
in it informant freely gives the information about the subject and interviewer listens to him patiently.
if any information is left then other questions are asked only after informant has said everything he
wants to. this interview is like informal interview only.
Task How many kinds of interview are there? Describe.
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