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ESDS Qualidata
Qualitative Data Collections
• Data from National Research Council (ESRC) individual research grant awards
• Data from ESRC Programme research grant awards
• Data from ‘classic’ social science studies
• Other funders/sources
• Focus on DIGITAL Collections, but also facilitate paper-based archiving
Types of qualitative data
• Diverse data types: in-depth interviews ; semi-structured interviews; focus groups; oral histories; mixed methods data; open-ended survey questions; case notes/records of meetings; diaries/ research diaries
• Multi-media: audio, video, photos and text (most common is interview transcriptions)
• Formats: digital, paper, analogue audio-visual
• Data structures - differ across different ‘document types
‘Classic’ datasets
• Peter Townsend – Poverty and old age
• Paul Thompson – oral history and Edwardians
• F Bechhofer, J Goldthorpe, D Lockwood and J Platt – Affluent workers
• Stan Cohen– Mods and rockers and long-term imprisonment
Additional collections
• Ray Pahl – Three Hertfordshire Villages
• Barbara Lloyd – Girl’s and Boy’s Body Image Concerns
• Naomi Connelly – Race Equality in Social Services Departments
• Jan Pahl – Coping with Marital Violence
• Annette Lawson - Adultery
Diverse uses for existing data
• Enrich context description• How was it really done
documentation of methods– Team “discussions” about coding– What, exactly, is “semi-structured”?
• Augment data you collect– Historical comparative case– Expand sample size
• Datasets for teaching
Transcribing Research 1
• Integrated into the ongoing research
• Full transcriptions or summaries
• Avoid stockpiling
• Costs and Benefits;– Self Transcription– Internal team transcription– External Transcription
Transcribing Research 2• Budget
– estimated no. of interviews x4 hours x 60 Minute tape x hourly salary
• Examples of good and bad
• Full transcriptions;– Consistent layout– Speaker tags– Line breaks– Header with identifier / other details – Checked for errors
Copyright
• protection of author’s rights• automatically assigned to the speaker• researcher holds the copyright in the
sound recording of an interview• employer holds the copyright in research
data • obtain copyright clearance from
employer• obtain written assignment of copyright
from interviewee• seek legal advice on problem issues
Exploring qualitative data
• Topic: UK food consumption
• ESDS Qualidata | Introduction• http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/
Search for qualitative data
Edwardians Online
Edwardians Online – Phase ICreation of a digital multimedia resource that integrates a wealth of existing primary and secondary materials:
• a catalogue of 444 interview summaries • 5 full electronic interview transcripts • thematic browsing of interview transcripts • a collection of digital sound clips • a set of contextual images of Edwardian life • background information and press reviews on the
original Paul Thompson study • details of publications based upon secondary studies
of the collection • an account of the digitization methodology