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interview-facilitation
Conduct semi-structured interviews and moderate focus groups with rapport building, probing techniques, and group dynamics management
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/main/library/specializations/domains/social-sciences-humanities/social-sciences/skills/interview-facilitation
SKILL.md
Interview and Facilitation Skill
Conduct semi-structured interviews and moderate focus groups with professional facilitation techniques.
Overview
The Interview and Facilitation skill enables conducting semi-structured interviews and moderating focus groups with rapport building, probing techniques, group dynamics management, and ethical practice for high-quality qualitative data collection.
Capabilities
Interview Technique
- Question design
- Rapport building
- Active listening
- Probing strategies
- Closure techniques
Focus Group Moderation
- Group composition
- Discussion guide development
- Group dynamics management
- Participant engagement
- Conflict navigation
Probing Methods
- Follow-up questions
- Clarification probes
- Elaboration prompts
- Challenge probes
- Silent probing
Recording and Documentation
- Audio/video recording
- Note taking
- Transcription
- Field notes
- Quality assurance
Ethical Practice
- Informed consent
- Confidentiality
- Sensitive topics
- Power dynamics
- Participant welfare
Usage Guidelines
When to Use
- Collecting qualitative data
- Exploring perspectives
- Understanding experiences
- Gathering stakeholder input
- Building theory
Best Practices
- Prepare thoroughly
- Build genuine rapport
- Listen actively
- Probe appropriately
- Document carefully
Integration Points
- Qualitative Analysis skill
- Ethnographic Research skill
- Research Ethics and IRB skill
- Mixed Methods Integration skill
References
- In-Depth Interview Protocol process
- Focus Group Facilitation process
- Ethnographic Fieldwork process
- Qualitative Research Specialist agent
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