Situating and Constructing Diversity in Semi-Structured Interviews

Michele J. McIntosh, Janice M. Morse
2015 Global Qualitative Nursing Research  
Although semi-structured interviews (SSIs) are used extensively in research, scant attention is given to their diversity, underlying assumptions, construction, and broad applications to qualitative and mixed-method research. In this three-part article, we discuss the following: (a) how the SSI is situated historically including its evolution and diversification, (b) the principles of constructing SSIs, and (c) how SSIs are utilized as a stand-alone research method, and as strategy within a mixedmethod design.
doi:10.1177/2333393615597674 pmid:28462313 pmcid:PMC5342650 fatcat:wvmfchwqarfqhhwyaz4omeb4yy