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A '''structured [[interview]]''' (also known as a '''standardised interview''' or a '''researcher-administered survey''') is a [[quantitative research]] method commonly employed in [[survey research]]. The 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 surveyssurvey]]s, where the survey is delivered by an interviewer rather than being self-administered (like a [[questionnaire]]). Interviewers read the questions exactly as they appear on the survey questionnaire. The choice andof answers to the questions areis often fixed (close-ended) in advance.

There is a degree of standardization imposed on the [[data]] collection instrument. A highly structured questionnaire, for example, is one in which the questions to be asked and the responses permitted subjects are completely predetermined

Structured questionnaires are withemploy "close -ended" questions. These are questions that have their answers outlined. The respondents (or Rs) have to choose their answers from those provided in the questionnaire.

Some basic considerations for framing such a questionnaire are: