Vertaile menetelmiä

	Strukturoimaton haastattelu	Fenomenologia
Tieteenala	Laadulliset menetelmät	Laadulliset menetelmät
Menetelmäperhe	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Syntyvuosi	Mid-20th century (Rogers ~1942; Spradley ~1979)	Early 20th century (Husserl ~1900–1913; Heidegger ~1927)
Kehittäjä	Rooted in anthropological and sociological fieldwork traditions; systematised by James P. Spradley and Carl Rogers (non-directive counselling interview)	Edmund Husserl (transcendental); Martin Heidegger (hermeneutic)
Tyyppi	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research approach
Alkuperäislähde	Spradley, J. P. (1979). The Ethnographic Interview. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.	Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957466
Rinnakkaisnimet	open-ended interview, non-directive interview, in-depth interview, conversational interview	Fenomenoloji, phenomenological inquiry, phenomenological analysis
Liittyvät	6	6
Tiivistelmä	An unstructured interview is a qualitative data-collection method in which the researcher enters the conversation with a broad topic or grand-tour question rather than a fixed questionnaire, allowing the participant to direct the flow and depth of the discussion. The approach prioritises the participant's own conceptual categories and narrative logic over the researcher's pre-formed agenda, making it especially powerful for exploratory inquiry into unfamiliar or complex social phenomena.	Phenomenology is a qualitative research approach that investigates how participants live through and make sense of a specific experience. Rooted in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and extended by Martin Heidegger, it aims to reveal the essential structures of lived experience rather than to measure or predict outcomes. The two most widely applied variants are Husserl's transcendental phenomenology, which seeks universal essences, and Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, which emphasises interpretation within context.