Activity 4B – conduct the interviews

I used a semi-structured approach for this activity. This meant that I could have questions for the interview but also have room to add in more questions to get more details in specific areas if I needed to. I used a service design tool to help me with my interviews so that they were not just a passive conversation but also an active situation. The tool I used was affinity diagram, which is used for gathering and organising large amounts of information and data.

It used by starting with a statement of the problem, then the participants write down their ideas on small pieces of paper.  These then become the physical instrument to work with and arrange them into there correct groups. 

For each of my interviews I asked my participants to answer some questions and after discussing them I asked then to write their answers on sticky labels. I asked them to right there positive answers in green pen and their negative answers in red pen. Then organised then into the correct order and stuck them down onto a piece of paper.

I practised a trial run on my sister to see if the questions i was asking gave me the right results.

Here are the results from the three unknown people i interviewed……

First interview 

John Brough 

Painter and decorator 

John had not been to bingo before.

He thought that people enjoy going to the bingo to win and for the social aspect of it, however thought that people go because its a habit and its stereotyped and old fashioned.

Gathered that its a majority of older women that go because men are happy to have time to do there thing and in a n old fashion sense there was nothing else for women to do.

The desire to win money back entices people to keep playing. 

Second interview 

Charlotte Smith 

Primary teacher

Charlotte had been to the bingo before.

She also thought that people enjoy going to the bingo to win and for the social aspect of it, however thought that people go and also lose money.

Gathered that its a majority of older women that go because bingo was around long ago and has become a habit, now young people cant be bothered and have no money to play.

The plain thought of winning is the main reason for enticing people to continue to play and loose track of time.

People go to the bingo to meet other people and to go for a bite to eat.

Third and final interview 

Dayna Brindley 

Student 

Dayna had also been to the bingo.

She thought that people went because everyone has a chance of winning you don't need a certain skill to play it.

As the game is not physical or energetic Dayna thinks this is the reason its a majority of older women that attend and thinks that it would be boring for young people.

Again the thought of wining something is enough to entice people to keep playing, however it addictive and you end up wasting your money if you lose.

Also again people come to socialise and for something to do.