Question

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using an interview as a research methodology.

Answer 1

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Explanation:
advantages
1. Interviews can be done face to face or over the phone, allowing the researcher to ask further questions to gain more in-depth information. Also, it allows researchers to collect people’s ideas, opinions, values, and beliefs about a certain topic. The disadvantage of using an interview is that interviews can be time consuming for both researchers and interviewees. It can be difficult to arrange a suitable place and time between researchers and interviewees that usually results in small numbers of people interviewed due to time restrictions. Moreover, it limited amount of data collected may not accurately reflect the views of the wider population