Qualitative research 25 th November 2015 RNIB Research day.

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Qualitative research

25th November 2015

RNIB Research day

Qualitative research

What is qualitative research?

Why is it different from quantitative research?

Myth busters

What you can get out of qualitative research

Group exercise

Case studies – qualitative research in the sight loss and health care sectors

When should you consider using qualitative research

When qualitative? When quantitative?

Qualitative researchWhen you want to understand, explore or describe something in depth

Quantitative researchWhen you want to measure, quantify or predict the scale of something

What is qualitative research?Qualitative research aim to understand the social world from the participant’s perspective

Qualitative methods:•Explore events, experiences, attitudes, emotions and reasoning •Search for underlying factors and motivations•Generate ideas, suggestions•Map range and diversity

What is qualitative research?

Your own generated data:• reconstruction and retelling by respondent• respondents’ own interpretation and

explanation

Main methods:• in-depth interviews• Focus groups

What is qualitative research?

Naturally occurring data:• Social behaviour enacted in its natural setting• Subconscious, complex, delicate issues

Main methods:• Observation• Documentary analysis

What underpins robust qualitative research?

• Appropriate research design• Inclusive sampling• In-depth fieldwork• Ethics• Comprehensive and systematic analysis• In-depth interpretation• Transparent documentation

Myth busters - stats not stories

1. The numbers of people used in qualitative research are too small for me to say anything about my service

2. Qualitative research is just anecdotal evidence

3. Funders/policy makers only take notice of statistics

Key messages to remember Research questions

- Explore, identify, understandData collection method

- Structured data collections - methods include: in-depth interviews, focus groups,

observationsSampling

- Range of different groups: age, gender, types of sight lossAnalysis

- Systematic and thematic Reporting

- Thematic analysis - Provides in-depth analysis and recommendations

Case study 1 – Personal Independence payment research

Funded by RNIB, Sense and TPT• Mixed methods design • 2 year study – mapping the experience of

people moving to PIP• Longitudinal qualitative interviews, over 3

different time points • DWP data

Case study 2 – Social care research

NIHR SSCR funded • Aimed to understand why people from black

and minority ethnic groups consistently report lower levels of satisfaction with social care

• Depth interviews with service users and carers• Focus groups and depth interviews with local

authority staff and social care providers• Deliberative workshops

Group exercise

In groups 3-4 discuss:

1.Examples of when qualitative research has been useful 2.How can qualitative research help you in your role

When should you use qualitative research?

Qualitative research can be used:

1. Strategy, policy and formulation exploring

2. Evaluation and impact

Thank you

Val GillSenior ResearcherValdeep.gill@natcen.ac.uk

Malen DaviesSenior ResearcherMalen.davies@natcen.ac.uk