Unstructured interviews are preferred over other types of self-report data in studies in which:
a. in-depth information is of greatest importance.
b. large numbers of subjects are expected to participate.
c. researcher time and resources are limited.
d. there are many specific questions to be asked.
ANS: A
Unstructured interviews use broad questions and do not focus on research control of the interview content.
With extremely large samples, unstructured interviews are impractical.
If researcher time and resources are limited, unstructured interviews would be a poor choice for data collection.
Unstructured interviews do not tend to include a lot of specific questions.
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