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	बहु-स्रोत गहन साक्षात्कार	अर्ध-संरचित साक्षात्कार
क्षेत्र	सर्वेक्षण पद्धति	गुणात्मक
परिवार	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
उद्भव वर्ष	1980s–1990s (formalized in qualitative inquiry literature)	1946 (Merton & Kendall); codified as a standard method through the 1980s–1990s
प्रवर्तक	Grounded in qualitative traditions consolidated by Patton, Lincoln & Guba, and others	Robert K. Merton and Patricia Kendall (focused interview, 1946); further systematised by Steinar Kvale
प्रकार	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative research method
मौलिक स्रोत	Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761919711	Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-0761925422
उपनाम	multi-informant in-depth interview, multi-perspective qualitative interview, multiple-source IDI, multi-stakeholder in-depth interview	guided interview, semi-standardized interview, focused interview, SSI
संबंधित	5	6
सारांश	The multi-source in-depth interview is a qualitative data collection strategy in which extended, open-ended interviews are conducted with participants drawn from two or more distinct source groups — such as providers and clients, managers and staff, or experts and laypeople. Collecting data across diverse informant positions enriches description and enables the researcher to examine a phenomenon from multiple vantage points within a single study.	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.