It Takes Two: The Round-Robin Methodology for Investigative Interviewing Research.

ABSTRACT: Investigative interviews are complex, dyadic, and social interactions typically studied by evaluating interviewers' questioning strategies. In field settings, interviewers naturally vary in their interviewing practice. Thus, it is important to conduct research reflective of idiosyncrasies in witnesses, interviewers, and the resulting unique pairings. This study explored sources of variation in an interview by using a "round-robin" design. Each session of the study involved five witnesses observing five separate events. Witnesses were then simultaneously, but independently interviewed by four different interviewers, or completed a self-administered written interview. This sequence was repeated until each witness had seen every event and had been interviewed by each interviewer. Over nine se

SUBMITTER: Hudson CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6243032 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature