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'''Structured interviewing''' (also known as ''standardised interviewing'' or ''researcher administered survey'') is a [[quantitative research]] method commonly employed in [[survey research]]. Also refered to as standardised interviewing, theThe aim of this approach is to ensure that each interviewee is presented with exactly the same questions and this ensures that answers can be reliably aggregated.

Structured interviews are essentially [[statistical survey|statistical surveys]], where the survey is delivered by an interviewer rather than being self-administered. (like [[questionnaire]]). Interviewers read the questions exactly as they appear on the survey questionnaire and answers to questions are often fixed in advance.

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[[Category:Research methods]]