are needed for interviews, such as between six and a dozen (Baker, S and Edwards, R, 2012). The participants had to match the criteria of being an undergraduate student at the University of the West of Scotland and who either volunteered or worked at the 2014 Commonwealth Games .The participants were given information sheets and consent forms before the interviews took place and were signed by the participant so that they understood what the study required from them and what they would get out of being a part of the study. Procedures: Semi structured interviews allow for a conversational manner that allows the interviewer to identify key areas participants have strong feelings towards (Longhurst, R 2010). Due to the main aims of this study being …show more content…
Furthermore, semi-structured interviews are useful for obtaining opinions (Clifford, N et al. 2010). This is the main objective of this study; to identify people’s opinions and feelings. Most papers that are in line with this type of research use interviews; because it allows people’s opinions to be explored, rather than a basic yes or no answer which is crucial in this type of study. Also because the study it is qualitative the questions were open ended so that the information gathered is in depth and explorative in nature so that the best possible results were achieve. The information gathered was transcribed and themed in order to identify a theme on the perceptions of the participants. Semi-structured interviews have the capacity to provide insight into how research participants view the world (Bryman, 2012).