semistructured
- adjective
- /ˌsɛmɪˈstrʌkʧərd/
- Specialized
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semiestructurado
- Three data collection methods were used in this study: semistructured interviews, field observations, and investigation of institutional documents.
- semistructured interview
- semistructured interview guide
- semistructured format
Examples
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The team used a semistructured interview format to gather diverse perspectives from participants.
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Raw data quotations from eight semistructured interviews provided the data for the following results.
Academic text (2010) -
For the purpose of this research, a semistructured format was used throughout the interview process.
Academic text (2007) -
The interview questions had been developed with a semistructured format designed to last no more than sixty minutes.
Academic text (2016) -
I conducted a semistructured interview with Iris one year after the writing institute.
Academic text (2012) -
The students participated in two or three semistructured interviews lasting approximately an hour each.
Academic text (2003) -
In the AD speech condition, an adult experimenter conducted a semistructured short interview with each mother.
Academic text (2011) -
Interviews lasted 1.5 hours and were guided by a semistructured protocol.
Academic text (2007) -
Data collection consisted of semistructured interviews, rehearsal observations, and document analysis.
Academic text (2015) -
Diagnostic data were provided by the primary caregiver during a semistructured clinical interview with a trained clinician.
Academic text (2014)
Antonyms
How Structured
Surface Forms
Morphology
semistructured = structured (transparent) = semi + structure + ed
The word is transparently formed as 'semi-' plus 'structured', meaning partly structured or organized.
Etymology
The word semistructured is built from semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly', as in semicircle, and structured from 'structure', which means 'arranged'. So semistructured means 'partly organized' — it has some set order but is not completely fixed and allows flexibility.