Qualitative Researchers' Understandings of Their Practice and the Implications for Data Archiving and Sharing

With the systematic archiving of qualitative data emerging as a distinct possibility in Australia, both the practices of qualitative research and how subsequent outputs are 'used' are coming under increased scrutiny and reflection. Drawing on a series of focus groups with qualitative resea...

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Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 2009-12, Vol.43 (6), p.1163-1180
Main Authors: Broom, Alex, Cheshire, Lynda, Emmison, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Archives
Archiving
Ascription
Data archiving
Data Banks
Data collection
Focus groups
History, theory and methodology
Information management
Information sharing
Innovations
Intellectual property law
Meaning
Methodology
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Professional ethics
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative data
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative research
Research Ethics
Research methods
Research Note
Researchers
Scrutiny
Secondary Analysis
Social research
Social sciences
Sociology
Technological change
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Summary:With the systematic archiving of qualitative data emerging as a distinct possibility in Australia, both the practices of qualitative research and how subsequent outputs are 'used' are coming under increased scrutiny and reflection. Drawing on a series of focus groups with qualitative researchers, this article critically explores the meanings ascribed to qualitative research practice and the perceived challenges posed by contemporary innovations in data management, access, and analysis through electronic archiving. The accounts presented provide much needed insight into key debates (and divergences) within the qualitative community regarding the values and meanings of qualitative practice, but also how contemporary innovations may come to challenge these core values.
ISSN:0038-0385
1469-8684
DOI:10.1177/0038038509345704