Qualitative Research Resources: Special Topics
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Moral & Ethical Aspects
Visual Methods
Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research by ISBN: 9781473913196Publication Date: 2018-10-19Get started using visual data in social research. Covers many uses a researcher can make of images, from creating images as a part of the research process to collecting and analyzing images from diverse sources.Explores opportunities and arms readers with tools to overcome some of the practical challenges.
Visual research methods : an introduction for library and information studies by ISBN: 9781783304585Publication Date: 2020Visual research methods (VRM) comprise a collection of methods that incorporate visual elements such as maps, drawings, photographs, videos, as well as three-dimensional objects into the research process. In addition, VRM including photo-elicitation, photovoice, draw-and-write techniques, and cognitive mapping are being leveraged to great effect to explore information experiences to investigate some of the central questions in the field; expand theoretical discussions in LIS; and improve library services and spaces.
Better Data Visualizations by ISBN: 9780231193108Publication Date: 2021-02-09Details essential strategies to create more effective data visualizations, including hundreds of examples. Includes a chapter on qualitative data visualization- Qualitative GIS and spatial research byISBN: 9781529747119Publication Date: 2020Qualitative GIS is a mixed methods framework for social and spatial research. This entry provides a critical review of qualitative GIS and demonstrates how forms of evidence and analysis familiar to qualitative research have been integrated with GIS in a variety of ways in spatial research since the turn of the 21st century.
- Using participatory visual methods in aged care : the methodological, logistical, and ethical considerations for qualitative research practice byISBN: 9781526419613Publication Date: 2017
An Introduction to Photovoice With Communities That Experience Stigma
Carlberg-Racich, S. (Academic). (2022). An introduction to photovoice with communities that experience stigma [Video]. Sage Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529608649
Sample Size/Sampling:
Because reviewers are not always familiar with qualitative methods, they may ask for explanation or justification of your methods when you submit an article. Because different disciplines,different qualitative methods, and different contexts may dictate different approaches to this issue, you may want to consult articles in your field and in target journals for publication. Additionally, here are some articles that may be helpful in thinking about this issue.
Bonde, Donna. (2013). Qualitative Interviews: When Enough is Enough. Research by Design.
Guest, Greg, Arwen Bunce, and Laura Johnson. (2006) How Many Interviews are Enough?: An Experiment with Data Saturation and Variability. Field Methods 18(1): 59-82.
Hennink, Monique and Bonnie N. Kaiser. (2022) Sample Sizes for Saturation in Qualitative Research: A Systematic Review of Empirical Tests. Social Science & Medicine 292:114523. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114523. Epub 2021 Nov 2. PMID: 34785096.
Morse, Janice M. (2015) "Data Were Saturated..." Qualitative Health Research 25(5): 587-88. doi:10.1177/1049732315576699.
Nelson, J. (2016) "Using Conceptual Depth Criteria: Addressing the Challenge of Reaching Saturation in Qualitative Research." Qualitative Research, December. doi:10.1177/1468794116679873.
Patton, Michael Quinn. (2015) "Chapter 5: Designing Qualitative Studies, Module 30 Purposeful Sampling and Case Selection. In Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice, Fourth edition, pp. 264-72. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-4129-7212-3
Small, Mario Luis. (2009) 'How Many Cases Do I Need?': On Science and the Logic of Case-Based Selection in Field-Based Research. Ethnography 10(1): 538.