Summary of Think Aloud Interview Methodologies Author (year Warm up questions Prompting and probing Analysis method Additional information of publication) reported Al-Janabi et al. Concurrent Two warm up Researcher silent No specific approach Semi-structured interview (2013) questions: throughout TA task. Only reported, although used used to follow up on any Count the number interrupted if silent for 10 coding of and questions respondents “errors of windows in their seconds or more. Asked to had expressed during struggles” home keep thinking aloud. think aloud. Complete a 5 point question on their general health Baker and Not reported Not reported Not reported No specific method Semi-structured interview Robinson reported, although followed think aloud. (2004) included familiarisation, sorting, ordering and indexing, building themes, mapping and linking themes and interpretation. Cheraghi-Sohi Concurrent Prompted if silent for No specific approach Nil “any Basic arithmetic et al. (2007) length of reported, although time” (p278). Choosing a Researcher only provided included use of an destination. prompts and responded to existing coding occasional requests for framework and the clarification. incorporation of new themes. They report that the analysis was line “in with conventional procedures”. (p279).
Summary of Think Aloud Interview Methodologies Author (year of publication) Warm up questions Prompting and probing Analysis method reported Additional information Al-Janabi et al. (2013) Concurrent Two warm up questions: Count the number of windows in their home Complete a 5 point question on their general health Researcher silent throughout TA task. Only interrupted if silent for 10 seconds or more. Asked to keep thinking aloud. No specific approach reported, although used coding of “errors and struggles” Semi-structured interview used to follow up on any questions respondents had expressed during think aloud. Baker and Robinson (2004) Not reported Not reported Not reported No specific method reported, although included familiarisation, sorting, ordering and indexing, building themes, mapping and linking themes and interpretation. Semi-structured interview followed think aloud. Cheraghi-Sohi et al. (2007) Concurrent Basic arithmetic Choosing a destination. Prompted if silent for “any length of time” (p278). Researcher only provided prompts and responded to occasional requests for clarification. No specific approach reported, although included use of an existing coding framework and the incorporation of new themes. They report that the analysis was “in line with conventional procedures”. (p279). Nil
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