Answer:
QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING IS MOST USEFUL FOR:
* Evaluating programs that are aimed at individualized outcomes
* Capturing and describing program processes
* Exploring individual differences between participants' experiences and outcomes
* Evaluating programs that are seen as dynamic or evolving
* Understanding the meaning of a program to its participants
* Documenting variations in program implementation at different sites
QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING IS NOT AS USEFUL FOR:
* Evaluating programs that emphasize common outcomes for all participants
* Measuring specific, predetermined effects of a program on participants
* In impact evaluations, deciding whether your intervention caused changes or effects in participants (since determining causality requires more controlled conditions)
Explanation:
An interview in qualitative research is a conversation where questions are asked to elicit information. The interviewer is usually a professional or paid researcher, sometimes trained, who poses questions to the interviewee, in an alternating series of usually brief questions and answers.
