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In-Depth Interview

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.

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In-Depth Qualitative Interview

Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative

Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage. · ISBN 978-0803958203
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2005). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data (2nd ed.). Sage. · URL

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