Conducting in-depth interviews: a guide for designing and conducting in-depth interviews for evaluation input.

In-depth interviewing is a qualitative research technique that involves conducting intensive individual interviews with a small number of respondents to explore their perspectives on a particular idea program or situation. For example we might ask participants staff and others associated with a program about their experiences and expectations related to the program the thoughts they have concerning program operations processes and outcomes and about any changes they perceive in themselves as a result of their involvement in the program. In-depth interviews are useful when you want detailed information about a persons thoughts and behaviors or want to explore new issues in depth. Interviews are often used to…