Methoden vergleichen

	Mobiles In-depth-Interview	Tiefeninterview – Qualitatives Tiefeninterview
Fachgebiet	Umfragemethodik	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2010s	Mid-20th century (formalised in qualitative social research from the 1950s onward)
Urheber	Adapted from traditional in-depth interviewing; mobile application popularised in qualitative research from the 2010s onward	Rooted in sociological interviewing traditions; systematised by researchers including Steinar Kvale and Herbert J. Rubin
Typ	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative research method
Wegweisende Quelle	Galletta, A. (2013). Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond. New York University Press. ISBN: 978-0814732595	Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803958203
Aliasnamen	mobile IDI, smartphone in-depth interview, mobile qualitative interview, mIDI	IDI, semi-structured interview, unstructured interview, qualitative interview
Verwandt	4	6
Zusammenfassung	A mobile in-depth interview (mIDI) is a qualitative data collection technique in which a researcher conducts an extended, exploratory conversation with a participant using a smartphone or tablet, either synchronously (voice or video call) or asynchronously (voice-message or text exchange). The approach retains the probing, open-ended character of traditional in-depth interviewing while leveraging the ubiquity and convenience of mobile technology to reach participants in naturalistic, everyday settings.	The in-depth interview is a one-to-one qualitative data-collection method in which a researcher engages a participant in an extended, open-ended conversation to elicit rich, detailed accounts of experiences, perceptions, beliefs, or meanings. Unlike structured surveys, the interview guide serves as a flexible road map rather than a fixed script, allowing the researcher to probe unexpected directions as they emerge. The approach is foundational to qualitative inquiry and is used directly as a primary method or as the data-collection arm of phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative analysis, and other frameworks.