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METHODS - Qualitative
general guides, multi topic
Qualitative Research in Information Systems http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/ Kind of a brief lit review and overview. Includes some bibliographic references of print journals and books. Originally published in 1997, but continually updated. As of 2/19/2018, last updated in January 2018.
The qualitative report http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/ edited on line journal about qualitative research.
Ethnography, Observational Research, and Narrative Inquiry https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm brief guide
Qualitative Research Methods. https://www.amherst.edu/library/find/researchguides/qualrmethods Kelly Dagan. Very brief overview of methods. No date given, but a couple of the pages say some references were accessed in 2016.
Duke University has a set of modules (videos) about qualitative methods, including focus groups, and interviews, and coding data https://modu.ssri.duke.edu/topic/qualitative-methods These were published on youtube in 2016.
Yale University has a set of videos about qualitative methods, by Dr. Leslie Curry, published in 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdN_sLWl88&list=PLqHnHG5X2PXCsCMyN3_EzugAF7GKN2poQ
Research Design Review http://researchdesignreview.com/ from Margaret Roller, This site "is intended for the providers, users, and students of qualitative and/or quantitative research who have an interest in thinking about and discussing research design issues." The majority of articles are devoted to qualitative research.
Qualitative research methods: when to use them and how to judge them. K. Hammarberg M. Kirkman S. de Lacey. Human Reproduction, Volume 31, Issue 3, 1 March 2016, Pages 498–501 https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/31/3/498/2384737 An interesting article.
Qualitative Research Methods In Program Evaluation: Considerations for Federal Staff. May 2016. This is an overview of qualitative methods for federal agency staff who don't have background or training in these methods https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/acyf/qualitative_research_methods_in_program_evaluation.pdf
Yelena P. Wu, and others... Commentary: Writing and Evaluating Qualitative Research Reports. J Pediatr Psychol. 2016 Jun; 41(5): 493–505. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888120/ When producing qualitative research, individuals are encouraged to address the qualitative research considerations raised and to explicitly identify the systematic strategies used to ensure rigor in study design and methods, analysis, and presentation of findings.
Almeida, Fernando & Faria, Daniel & Queirós, André. (2017). Strengths and Limitations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. European Journal of Education Studies. 3. 369-387. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319852576_Strengths_and_Limitations_of_Qualitative_and_Quantitative_Research_Methods A comparative analysis of the most relevant and adopted methods is done to understand the main strengths and limitations of them.
Moriarty, Jo (2011) Qualitative methods overview. Methods review http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/41199/ This review provides an introduction to the different ways in which qualitative research has been used in social care ... illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of the methods of data collection used most frequently in qualitative research, including in-depth interviews, focus groups and observation as well considering issues such as sampling and data analysis.
Using Qualitative Methods in Healthcare Research. A Comprehensive Guide for Designing, Writing, Reviewing and Reporting Qualitative Research. 2008. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.qualres.org/index.html has sections on interviews (including focus groups), observation, collecting texts, and some on analyzing data.
A Guide to Using Qualitative Research Methodology http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/84230 Nouria Bricki, Judith Green, Feb 2007.
Common Qualitative Methods http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf97153/start.htm chapter 3 in User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations. 1997.
Ethnography - observation in the field
Ethnography: challenges and opportunities. http://ebn.bmj.com/content/20/4/98 Janice Jones, Joanna Smith. Evidence Based Nursing, September 2017.
A SYNTHESIS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~genzuk/Ethnographic_Research.html This is an overview. Either from 1999 or 2003.
An ethnography primer http://www.aiga.org/ethnography-primer/
What is ethnography http://brianhoey.com/research/ethnography/ Brian Hoey, Professor in Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Marshall University, http://www.marshall.edu/dosa/faculty/hoey/
Ethnographic Research Center https://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/ERCa.htm from the US Department of Interior, National Park Service
Interviewing
key informant interviewing http://ppa.aces.uiuc.edu/KeyInform.htm brief information sheets from University of Illinois Extension. 'How to' advice.
Action research International http://www.aral.com.au/ has many other useful information, including Convergent Interviewing http://www.aral.com.au/areol/areol-session08.html a Resource paper in Action Research, a technique for qualitative data collection. How to do interviewing. By Bob Dick.
Using Interviews in Research http://users.rider.edu/~suler/longproj.html John Suler, Rider University.
Conducting an interview http://www2.open.ac.uk/students/skillsforstudy/conducting-an-interview.php The Open University, As of 2/19/2018, "Conducting an interview" was last updated in January 2018.
Conducting qualitative interview http://users.clas.ufl.edu/marsig/conducting.qual.interviews.PDF Dr. William Marsiglio
Interviewing - Oral History
Getting Started http://www.ohs.org.uk/advice/getting-started/ from the oral history society. Some basic points to doing oral history.
Oral History Techniques: How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/techniques.html overview of the process. by Barbara Truesdell
An Oral History Primer http://library.ucsc.edu/reg-hist/oral-history-primer overview. 2013.
US Army Guide to Oral History http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/oral/ohg.html Stephen Lofgren. 2006. The previous guide was "Oral History: Techniques and Procedures", same website. by Stephen E. Everett. Designed for military interviews, but parts apply to anyone doing interviews.
Focus groups
The Community Toolbox has a section on focus groups https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/conduct-focus-groups/main
Social Research Updates http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU19.html review of focus groups, issues, potentials, limitations. 1997
A Manual for the Use of Focus Groups http://libdoc.who.int/publications/1993/0963552228.pdf manual on how to do focus groups. From 1993.
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS USAID Center for Development Information and Evaluation. CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS. 1996
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABY233.pdf
Conducting Focus Groups http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/conduct-focus-groups/main
Analyzing Focus Group Data. 2006. http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/11007_Chapter_7.pdf
A Qualitative Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Data in Focus Group Research. 2009.
Toward More Rigor in Focus Group Research: A New Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Focus Group Data. 2009 https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/4554
Qualitative data analysis
Qualitative data analysis: a practical example. http://ebn.bmj.com/content/17/1/2 Helen Noble, Joanna Smith. Evidence Based Nursing Jan 2014
How to plan and perform a qualitative study using content analysis. Mariette Bengtsson https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352900816000029NursingPlus Open, Volume 2, 2016, Pages 8-14
"Help, I'm Getting Buried in Field Notes!" A Manual for Qualitative Data Management and Analysis http://www.mdrc.org/help-im-getting-buried-field-notes 2003. Not exactly analysis but management and analysis.
Lennie, J., Tacchi, J., Koirala, B., Wilmore, M., Skuse, A. (2011) Equal Access Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation toolkit. See Module 5: Doing qualitative data analysis. http://www.betterevaluation.org/en/toolkits/equal_access_participatory_monitoring
Qualitative Data Analysis for Health Services Research: Developing Taxonomy, Themes, and Theory. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1955280/ Elizabeth H Bradley, Leslie A Curry, and Kelly J Devers. Health Serv Res. 2007 August; 42(4): 1758–1772. Academic paper, but fairly detailed guide to the process of qualitative data analysis.
Analysing and presenting qualitative data. P. Burnard, P. Gill, K. Stewart, E. Treasure and B. Chadwick http://academia.edu/709185/Analysing_and_presenting_qualitative_data BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
204 NO. 8 APR 26 2008
Basic Qualitative Data Analysis for Focus Groups. Published April 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEf7mztkslI From Dr. Cheryl Hunter, Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota
Ellen Taylor-Powell, Marcus Renner, Analyzing qualitative data https://learningstore.uwex.edu/Analyzing-Qualitative-Data-P1023.aspx University of Wisconsin extension, 2003
Analyzing Qualitative Data http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf97153/start.htm 1997. Chapter 4 in User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations. Another overview, but touches on most of the steps.
Content Analysis
A hands-on guide to doing content analysis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17300423 Christen Erlingsson,PetraBrysiewicz. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 93-99
Overview of content analysis http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17 2001. An article in Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation http://pareonline.net/
GAO book on content analysis http://archive.gao.gov/f0102/157490.pdf from 1996, but looks to be a fairly detailed methods outline.
Content Analysis http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/r_content.htm brief overview of methods.
Practical Resources for Assessing and Reporting Intercoder Reliability in Content Analysis Research Projects. 2010. http://matthewlombard.com/reliability/ from Matthew Lombard, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jennifer Snyder-Duch, Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA
other stuff
Latent Semantic Analysis http://lsa.colorado.edu/ This method "captures the essential relationships between text documents and word meaning, or semantics, the knowledge base which must be accessed to evaluate the quality of content." This site has some theory, research and application of this method.
The CAQDAS (Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) project http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres/caqdas/ "We provide practical support, training and information in the use of a range of software programs designed to assist qualitative data analysis. The project also provides various platforms for debate concerning the methodological and epistemological issues arising from the use of such software packages."
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