Guidelines For Effective Personal Interview:
(1) Proper procedure: Personal interview should be arranged by following proper procedure. For this, the nature and purpose of research project should be finalised first. The information to be collected from the respondents should be decided clearly. This should be followed by preparation of suitable questionnaire and selection of samples for the survey.
(2) Prior communication with respondent: The interview should be fixed on telephone followed by the letter of confirmation in which the purpose of the interview should be made clear to the respondent.
(3) Proper atmosphere for interview: At the time of interview, the questionnaire should be kept ready and the interview should be initiated in the straight-forward manner. The questions which are easy should be asked first. This creates proper atmosphere for the interview and encourages the respondent to give positive response to the questions asked. The respondent should be encouraged to speak freely and frankly.
(4) Proper recording of replies: The information supplied by the respondent should be recorded in full. Additional information supplied should also be recorded properly. The remarks based on the observations by the interviewer should also be noted by the interviewer at suitable places.
(5) Trained interviewers should be appointed: The interviewer should be properly educated and well trained in the art of interviewing. Adequate and reliable information is available only when the interview is conducted in an orderly manner.
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