השוואת שיטות

	ראיון מקוון חצי-מובנה	ראיון חצי-מובנה
תחום	מתודולוגיית סקרים	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	Late 1990s–2000s (systematic treatment by ~2010)	1946 (Merton & Kendall); codified as a standard method through the 1980s–1990s
הוגה השיטה	Adapted from face-to-face semi-structured interviewing; online variant emerged with internet adoption in research (Salmons, Mann, Stewart)	Robert K. Merton and Patricia Kendall (focused interview, 1946); further systematised by Steinar Kvale
סוג	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	Brinkmann, S., & Kvale, S. (2015). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1452203867	Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-0761925422
כינויים	virtual semi-structured interview, remote semi-structured interview, online qualitative interview, video-mediated semi-structured interview	guided interview, semi-standardized interview, focused interview, SSI
קשורות	5	6
תקציר	An online semi-structured interview is a qualitative data collection technique in which a researcher conducts a guided but flexible conversation with a participant over a digital medium — video call, telephone, chat, or email — using a prepared interview guide with open-ended questions while remaining free to probe, reorder, or add follow-up questions as the dialogue unfolds. It combines the accessibility of remote communication with the depth and adaptability of semi-structured inquiry.	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.