Exploring Visitors Experience at a Music Event using Semi-Structured Interview Method

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Exploring visitors experience at a music event using semi-structured interview method
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Method.......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis......................................................................................................................................4
Reflective evaluation..................................................................................................................6
Appendix 1.................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 2.................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Semi-structured interview is considered to be method for the research which is used
often in the study of social science (Kumar 2019). It could be said that structured interviews
have a different structure from that of semi structured interviews. In structured interviews, it
has a set of rigorous questions which allows one to divert from one another. However, a semi
structured interview is open in nature, which would be allowing to bring new ideas at the
time of interview as a result for what the interviewee had to say as a response. Although, the
interviewer in semi structured interview would generally have a framework of themes which
would be explored. Henceforth, topics that are specifically to be discussed by the interviewer,
would be explored at the time of interview. These topics should be thought carefully before
the interview (Silverman 2016). Thus, it would generally beneficial for the interviewer for
preparing a guide before conducting the interview, so that informal grouping of questions
should be asked while conducting the interview.
The guide made by the researcher would be helping in focusing an interview in the
specific topic that is to be discussed while conducting the research, and constraining them to
a particular format (Flick 2015). This would allow a freedom to the researcher for tailoring
the question to the context of the interview and to the people that is being interviewed. The
interview is considered in a meeting where the interviewer would not be strictly following the
formalizing list of questions. There would be many open end questions related to the research
topic. Semi structured interview would be helping the researcher in analyzing the experience
of visitors at a particular music festival or event. Therefore, with all the open end questions, it
would be easy for finding the experience of visitors at the music event

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Method
The collection of data is mostly divided into two parts mainly, primary and secondary.
Primary data collection method is divided into two part, namely qualitative data collection
method and quantitative data collection method (Ledford and Gast 2018). Quantitative data
collection is done based on conducting a survey of people, whereas qualitative data collection
method is done based on interviews. A researcher could conduct structured interviews or
semi structured interviews. A semi structured interview is basically done by a researcher for
collecting the necessary data for the research, maintaining the quality of data. In a semi
structured interviews, the researcher would be getting raw data from the people that are being
interviewed which would be helping in completing the research (Fletcher 2017). Semi
structured interviews are widely used in primary qualitative data collection as it helps in
collecting data in fields like household research, public experiments and social science. In
this kind of interview, some common question related to the research topic is quite common.
In a semi-structured interview, it involves both production of rich data which also includes
observational data. The semi structured interview could help the researcher in rehashing the
expression which is already expressed by the interviewee, while coordinating the
encouragement in a more prominent and correct justification. While conducting the
interview, the interviewer listens closely to the responses of the interviewee, and not seeming
by accounts. Therefore, in a semi structured interview, it involves the improvisation of the
interviewer mostly through the entire meeting (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015). This is
done in order to secure the data which would be gathered form the questions answered by the
interviewee. In times, a semi structured interview could be precise for the recommended
strategy of the research. However, on the grounds which states that the member or the
interviewee would be getting the sentiment of the interview, appearing at the discussion due
to the adaptability and recollection of the data for the research topic. Therefore, in a semi