Auditing and Financial Management:

Using Structured Interviewing Techniques

PEMD-10.1.5, Jul 1, 1991

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GAO presented a guide for evaluators on structured interviewing techniques, focusing on: (1) how its evaluators should incorporate such techniques when conducting studies; (2) when such techniques should be used and what steps should be followed; and (3) techniques for designing a structured interview, pretesting, training interviewers, selecting and contacting interviewees, conducting the interviews, and analyzing the data.