Linganisha mbinu

	Mahojiano ya Ana kwa Ana Yenye Muundo Nusu	Mahojiano ya mtandaoni yenye muundo nusu
Nyanja	Metodolojia ya Dodoso	Metodolojia ya Dodoso
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	1940s onward; widely codified in the 1980s–1990s	Late 1990s–2000s (systematic treatment by ~2010)
Mwanzilishi	Rooted in sociological interview traditions; systematised by researchers including Robert Merton and Paul Lazarsfeld (focused interview, 1940s) and later elaborated by Steinar Kvale	Adapted from face-to-face semi-structured interviewing; online variant emerged with internet adoption in research (Salmons, Mann, Stewart)
Aina	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative data collection technique
Chanzo asilia	Bryman, A. (2016). Social Research Methods (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198722519	Brinkmann, S., & Kvale, S. (2015). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1452203867
Majina mbadala	in-person semi-structured interview, semi-structured personal interview, guided face-to-face interview, FFSSI	virtual semi-structured interview, remote semi-structured interview, online qualitative interview, video-mediated semi-structured interview
Zinazohusiana	6	5
Muhtasari	A face-to-face semi-structured interview is a qualitative data collection technique in which a researcher meets a participant in person and follows a prepared topic guide of open-ended questions while retaining the flexibility to probe, reorder, and explore emerging themes. It combines the consistency of a predetermined agenda with the depth and responsiveness of an open dialogue, making it one of the most widely used methods in qualitative and mixed-methods research across the social, health, and educational sciences.	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.