1. Interviews By Sam, Raymond, David, and Josh

2. What are interviews?  Interviews are a form of communication in which questions are asked by an interviewer at one or more interviewees.  Usually conducted by an interviewer to one informant at a time.  Interview reports must be carefully examined to make the results meaningful.

3. Method PlanningRunningReporting  Prepare an interview schedule and information to be received.  If you are going to record the information decide how you will do it.  Decide you are how to present the information and check with the audience that this will be useful for them.  “Nurturing” phase - both parties introduce themselves.  “Energizing” phase - the problems are identified.  “Body” - the interviewer must remain analytical and neutral in the topic.  “Closing”- the interviewer summarizes what he has learned.  Data is often easily misinterpreted which is the biggest danger in using interviews as a source of information.  Incomprehensible information can be simplified by breaking up the text or notes from each informant.

4. Sample Size  When conducting a study involving an interview, one should consider how large a sample size to use.  A sample size that is too small increases the possibility of inaccurate or misrepresented data.  It is difficult to obtain a large sample size.  One should also avoid a user sample that is excessively homogenous or heterogeneous because the results may represent only a small part of the target audience or of a users who should be treated as multiple smaller groups, respectively.