Comparar métodos

	Entrevista em Profundidade	Pesquisa com Grupo Focal	Análise Narrativa
Área	Qualitativo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ano de origem	Mid-20th century (formalised in qualitative social research from the 1950s onward)	1940s (sociological origin); modern applied form from the 1980s–1990s	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Autor original	Rooted in sociological interviewing traditions; systematised by researchers including Steinar Kvale and Herbert J. Rubin	Robert K. Merton (sociological precursor, 1940s); popularised in applied research by Richard A. Krueger	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Tipo	Qualitative research method	Qualitative data collection method	Qualitative interpretive method
Fonte seminal	Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803958203	Krueger, R.A. & Casey, M.A. (2014). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483365244	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Outros nomes	IDI, semi-structured interview, unstructured interview, qualitative interview	focus group discussion, FGD, group interview, Odak Grup Araştırması	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
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Resumo	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.	Focus group research is a qualitative data-collection method in which a trained moderator guides structured discussions with homogeneous groups of six to ten participants to explore ideas, attitudes, and perceptions on a defined topic. Developed from sociological roots in the 1940s and systematised for applied research by Krueger and Casey, the method leverages group interaction as a data source — revealing not just what people think, but how they negotiate and articulate views in a social setting.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.