Description

This Master Prompt focuses on the actual administration of research interviews and the interactional processes through which interview evidence is generated. It translates an approved interview design and finalized interview guide into a systematic but appropriately flexible field procedure covering interviewer preparation, participant reception, interview opening, rapport, question delivery, probing, active listening, silence, clarification, sequencing, time management, difficult interactions, interview closure, recording, field notes and immediate post-interview documentation. Interview administration is treated as part of the research methodology rather than a neutral delivery mechanism because interviewer behaviour, question presentation, interactional context and mode of communication can influence the nature, depth and quality of the evidence generated.