Comparer des méthodes

	Entretien semi-directif à distance	Entretien semi-structuré
Domaine	Méthodologie d'enquête	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	Late 1990s–2000s (widespread adoption post-2020)	1946 (Merton & Kendall); codified as a standard method through the 1980s–1990s
Auteur d'origine	Adapted from classical semi-structured interviewing (Kvale, 1996); remote delivery formalised in qualitative methods literature from the late 1990s onward	Robert K. Merton and Patricia Kendall (focused interview, 1946); further systematised by Steinar Kvale
Type	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative research method
Source fondatrice	Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803958203	Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-0761925422
Alias	virtual semi-structured interview, online semi-structured interview, video-mediated semi-structured interview, distance semi-structured interview	guided interview, semi-standardized interview, focused interview, SSI
Apparentées	5	6
Résumé	A remote semi-structured interview is a qualitative data collection method in which a researcher conducts a guided, flexible conversation with a participant over a distance-bridging medium — telephone, video conferencing, or voice-over-IP — using a prepared topic guide with open-ended questions while allowing natural conversational elaboration. It combines the structure and comparability of a protocol-driven approach with the depth and flexibility characteristic of qualitative inquiry, delivered without physical co-presence.	The semi-structured interview is a qualitative data-collection method in which the researcher prepares a set of key questions or topic areas in advance but remains free to probe, follow up, and reorder as the conversation evolves. Unlike structured interviews — which fix every question and sequence — or unstructured interviews — which are entirely open — the semi-structured format balances comparability across participants with the flexibility needed to capture the depth and nuance of individual perspectives. It is the most widely used interview format in social science, health, and education research.