Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Structured interviews are rigidly standardized and formal.

	The same questions are presented in the same manner and order to each subject.
	The choice of alternative answers is restricted to a predetermined list.
	The same introductory and concluding remarks are used.
	They are more scientific in nature than unstructured interviews.
	They introduce controls that permit the formulation of scientific generalizations.

Limitation of the structured interviews - Collecting quantified, comparable data from all subjects in a uniform manner introduces a rigidity into the investigative procedures that may prevent the investigator from probing in sufficient depth.