Group Child Interviews as a Research Tool
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Educational Research Journal
- Vol. 18 (4) , 413-421
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0141192920180407
Abstract
Group interviews have several advantages over individual interviews. In particular they help to reveal consensus views, may generate richer responses by allowing participants to challenge one another's views, may be used to verify research ideas or data gained through other methods and may enhance the reliability of children's responses. There are, however, difficulties in carrying out group interviews and they require skilful and sensitive guidance by the interviewer. There have been few reports of their use with primary‐aged children but the work reported here suggests that they are a viable and useful technique with that age group.Keywords
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