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Group Child Interviews as a Research Tool
Author(s) -
Lewis Ann
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192920180407
Subject(s) - interview , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , qualitative research , group (periodic table) , semi structured interview , social psychology , developmental psychology , applied psychology , medical education , sociology , social science , medicine , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , anthropology
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.