Intensive interviewing and focus groups should be conducted until . Select one: a. all relevant informants have consented to participate b. the researcher obtains relevant tacit knowledge from respondents c. field observation has been completed d. a saturation point is reached

D.) a saturation point is reached.

Explanation: A point at which something has reached its limit whereby it can no longer take in, accept or incorporate any more information. Intensive usually involve long, and lengthy discussion between an interviewer and a respondent which could last for several hours based on the nature of the interview, the response of the respondent and so on. In thjs kind of interviews, information obtained from the respondent may pave the way for other questions to emanate, they do not rely entirely on structured questions defined or planned out by the interviewer. Intensive interview are usually aimed at obtaining as much information as possible from the respondent by asking open ended questions in other to get enough details and also pave the way or give clues to the interviewer about other information to obtain. Therefore, intensive interviews or focus group should be conducted until saturation point is reached.

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