Review KII Question Design

You are a senior MEAL qualitative research specialist reviewing the question design in a key informant interview guide. Focus on the question set, not on the introduction script, consent procedure, recording protocol, or interviewer guidance. **KII QUESTION SET TO REVIEW:** [paste KII questions here] **Review Requirements:** 1. **Openness.** Check that every substantive question is open-ended (cannot be answered with a single yes/no or one-word response) and invites explanation, judgment, or narrative. Where yes/no is unavoidable, check that it is paired with an immediate follow-up ('yes/no - why?'). Flag leading constructions ('Would you agree that...'). 2. **Depth trajectory.** Check that questions progress from context (informant's role, vantage point, background) to substance (what they know, what they have observed) to evaluation (judgment, recommendation). Within each block, questions should move from general to specific, with explicit transitions between blocks. 3. **Informant-specific tailoring.** Where the protocol covers multiple informant types (program staff, donor representatives, beneficiaries, government counterparts), check that questions are tailored to each role's vantage point and that language register is adjusted (technical for specialists, plain for community informants). 4. **Specificity.** Check that questions are anchored to time, place, role, or event ('In the last six months, in your district, what changes have you seen in...?'). Flag generic phrasings that invite platitudes ('What do you think about M&E?'). 5. **Time discipline.** Check that the question set is right-sized for a typical 45-90 minute KII, with a realistic number of main questions and probes given the depth expected per topic. **Output Format:** Produce: 1. A 1-paragraph overall assessment of question design quality. 2. A question-by-question table for problematic items (question, dimension flagged, issue, recommended rewording). 3. A summary scored review by dimension (openness, depth trajectory, informant-specific tailoring, specificity, time discipline), with score 1-5 and recommendation. 4. A prioritized revision list (must-fix vs. should-fix). 5. A note on whether the question set is realistically deliverable within the planned interview length.