Administration of Interview Schedule:
Rules for Interviewing
Fix-up the Appointment: Interviewer should fix up the data and time of interview with the subjecthnterviewee ahead of time. This would save time of the interviewer.
Appearance of Interviewer: As a general rule the interviewer should dress in a fashion fairly familiar to that of the people she will be interviewing. The interviewer should be pleasant and communicate a genuine interest in getting to know the respondent without appearing to be a "spy". She must be relaxed and friendly without being too casual and clinging.
Familiarity "with Interview Schedule/Questionnaire: The questionnaire/interview schedule must be studied carehlly question by question and interviewer must practice reading it aloud. The interviewer must be able to read the items to respondents without error without stumbling over the words and phrases and in a natural conversational manner. Of course, the interviewer should not attempt to memorize the schedule.
Follow Question Wording Carefully: Question wordings should be followed exactly as phrased. All the effort will be wasted if interviewers rephrase questions in their own words. Slight change in the wording of a question may change the meaning. Record-Responses Exactly: No attempt should be made to summarize. paraphrase or correct bad grammar of the responses given by the subject particularly for open-ended questions. The response should be written down exactly as given.
Record-Responses Exactly: No attempt should be made to summarize. paraphrase or correct bad grammar of the responses given by the subject particularly for open-ended questions. The response should be written down exactly as given.