general guides, multi topic
Making Stories More Accurate http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/reporting/accuracy/online.asp
These are actually for journalists, but can be equally applied by
qualitative researchers. Sections include Developing a Method of Verification,
and Using Anonymous Sources
among others.
Quality in Qualitative Evaluation: a framework for assessing research
evidence http://www.policyhub.gov.uk/evaluating_policy/qual_eval.asp
The framework provides a useful and
useable guide for assessing the credibility, rigour and relevance of
individual research studies.
USAID EVALUATION PUBLICATIONS http://www.info.usaid.gov/pubs/usaid_eval/
They have a number of text and pdf files, about qualitative
methods,
including Conducting Key Informant Interviews, Using Direct
Observation
Techniques, Conducting Focus Group Interviews. These
files
are in their Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS section.
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.
Introduction to Social Work Research http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/~t-oka/papers/2000/qrsw/qrsw.html
really an introduction to qualitative methods. What is
qualitative
research, how to do and analyze.
Qualitative Research Resources http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/dratcliff/qual/
created by Don Ratcliff, Ph.D. Chapters on role of
researcher,
sampling, data collection, data analysis. Also links to other
qual
resources.
The qualitative report http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html
edited on line journal about qualitative research. See a section,
Practicing Qualitative Research http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/practice.html
also see syllabi and other links.
Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a
review
of the literature http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk/execsumm/SUMM216.HTM
This is the summary. Can download the entire report.
Qualitative Methods Workbook http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/qualmeth.html
by George Boeree. Broad look at qualitative methods including
phenomenology,
structural analysis, observation and interviewing.
Qualitative research http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mid/edr725/class/
class notes, especially see modules, then the electronic text book.
Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs Using Qualitative
Methods http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/publications/hiv_handbook/hiv_booklet9/index.htm
brief description of methods and some issues in focus groups,
observations, interviews.
Forum: Qualitative social research http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/rubriken-e.htm
thematic issue about qualitative methods.
Ethnography - observation in the field
How to Do Ethnographic Research: A Simplified
Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthro/CPIA/methods.html
like it says, a basic guide to doing ethnographic research.
A SYNTHESIS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~genzuk/Ethnographic_Research.html
This is an overview.
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/ethno.htm
brief overview
Interviewing
Introduction to Interviewing Techniques http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/IQPHbook/ch11.html#11
part of a handbook for iqp advisors and students, but useful for
everyone.
Follow the chapter by clicking on 'forward' or see detailed table of
contents
at http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/IQPHbook/tocdetail.html
This chapter is a basic introduction to interviews and focus groups.
key informant interviewing http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~PPA/KeyInform.htm
brief information sheets from University of Illinois Extension.
'How
to' advice.
Action research International http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
has many other useful information, including Convergent
Interviewing http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/iview.html
a Resource paper in Action Research, a technique for qualitative data
collection.
How to do interviewing. By Bob Dick.
Interviewing - Oral History
Oral History: Techniques and Procedures http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/oral.htm
by Stephen E. Everett. Designed for military interviews,
but
parts apply to anyone doing interviews. See
Part II: The Spoken
Word in Peacetime, that has information, for example, on
contacting
interviewee, conducting background research, conducting the interview.
Practical Advice http://www.oralhistory.org.uk/advice/
from the oral history society. Some basic points to doing oral history.
Focus groups
Market Navigation, Inc. http://www.mnav.com/qualitative_research.htm
Articles about focus groups.
Social Research Updates http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/SRU19.html
review of focus groups, issues, potentials, limitations.
A Manual for the Use of Focus Groups http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food2/UIN03E/UIN03E00.HTM
manual on how to do focus groups.
Gathering Evidence - A Guide for Using Focus groups http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12635
Brief guide. Especially useful is the "four steps to effective
focus
groups" outlining planning, recruitment, and moderation. The
analysis
section and other sections are very short.
Action research page on structured focus groups http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/focus.html
brief description
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seeing the faces, hearing
the stories, learning from our communities: using focus groups to gain
an understanding of living with diabetes in various communities.
Satterfield D, Mitchell P, editors. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, CDC, Division of Diabetes Translation,
1997. http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/focus/index.htm
general how to for focus groups.
Using focus groups for evaluation http://ag.arizona.edu/fcs/cyfernet/cyfar/focus.htm
an overview.
other stuff
Qualitative Methods in Health Services
Research
http://www.ahcpr.gov/about/cods/codsqual.htm
describes a special supplement to the journal Health Services Research
(HSR). This supplement describes a conference with the goal of
advancing
the field's understanding and use of qualitative methods in order to
answer
the most pressing health services research and policy
questions.
I believe the publication number is OM99-0019. They have a
limited
number of free copies. Check the clearinghouse at http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/dec99/order.htm#clear
Overview of content analysis http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17
An article in Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation http://pareonline.net/Home.htm
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.
Qualitative research http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/pract_res.html
really a list of links, but links to very interesting articles about
qualitative
research, methods, and theory and why. Papers review state
of qual methods, various kinds of qual methods, etc.
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Introduction to qualitative research http://www.uea.ac.uk/care/elu/Issues/Research/Res1Cont.html
introduction, and also evaluation research.
Research issues http://www.uea.ac.uk/care/elu/Issues/ResList.html
includes intro to qualitative methods, and to naratives. This
page
is part of the Enquiry Learning Unit http://www.uea.ac.uk/care/elu/SubFrame.html