Group interviews

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A Levels Sociology (Social study) Mind Map on Group interviews, created by dottydiva96 on 01/02/2014.
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Group interviews
  1. Advantages
    1. Suitable to use with specific groups such as pupils
      1. Safe peer environment
        1. Peer support reduces power imbalance between adult researcher and pupils
      2. Disadvantages
        1. Peer pressure may lead to socially desired answers
          1. Decreases validity
          2. The free-flowing nature makes it impossible to standardise the questions
            1. Reduces reliability
              1. Comparability of findings difficult
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