Qualitative Research Data Collection Research Articles

Data Collection and New Technology

Interview has become a popular method of data collection in qualitative research. This article examines the different interview methods for collecting data (e.g., structured interviews, group interviews, unstructured, etc.), as well as the various methods for analyzing interview data (e.g., interpretivism, social anthropology, collaborative social research). It also evaluates the interview types and analysis methods in qualitative research and the new technology for conducting interviews such as e-mail, telephone, skype, webcam, Facebook chat etc to ascertain how they limit interviewees from giving full picture of moral and ethical Issues.

An empirical investigation on relationship between organizational intelligence and faculty members' knowledge sharing behaviors

Article history: Received June 22, 2013 Received in revised format 28 August 2013 Accepted 25 September 2013 Available online September 27 2013 Universities and institutions of higher education with a professional, special, educational and cultural environment play important roles in the direction towards the effective management of knowledge and space provision for the sharing of knowledge. Faculty members are known as the main elements of the university and they are the mental and intellectual investment banks who share their knowledge under certain conditions. In addition, their knowledge sharing behaviors lead to the success and improvement of individual and organizational operations. Moreover, organizational intelligence is the capacity of the organization to create knowledge and to use it in a strategic way to coordinate and to conform itself to its surroundings. This study examines the impact of organizational intelligence on faculty members' knowledge sharing behaviors. Data collection for qualitative research includes interviews with experts and quantitative research is performed using a questionnaire. The research results show that there was a significant relationship between organizational intelligence and faculty members' knowledge sharing behaviors. Among these dimensions, “knowledge application” influenced other dimensions. On the other hand, “common outcome” had a significant relationship with the “behavioral” dimension and “special and professional activities”. © 2013 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Identifying potential market niches for Demand Responsive Transport

In principle, Demand Responsive Transport services, or paratransit in US nomenclature, offer public transport providers a more flexible and potentially more cost effective delivery option than conventional bus services, particularly in situations of low demand. However in practice, there are many examples of promising DRT schemes that have failed, for a number of reasons. One recurring feature appears to be that the DRT operation introduced is not appropriate for the market served. This is due to a lack of knowledge as to what markets may be susceptible to DRT.This paper aims to help address this research gap by drawing on the findings of two qualitative research data collection efforts, exploratory in-depth interviews and focus groups, each including industry experts. Using a marketing framework, developments at the micro, meso and macro levels are explored to determine the circumstances necessary for developing ‘successful’ DRT market niches. Implications for managerial practice include integration of services to improve market penetration and in responding to market development opportunities aimed at the general public. Technology plays the greatest role in responding to market niche demand, primarily in enabling flexible booking and providing real time information, supporting market development, product development and diversification opportunities.

Story‐sharing as a method of data collection in qualitative research

Story‐sharing as a method of data collection in qualitative research

The focal group as a technique for data collection and analysis in qualitative research

The focal group constitutes an important technique for data collection in qualitative research. With the aim of extending itsuse and to constitute the participants as active subjects of nursing research, the present study aimed at examining the focal group as atechnique for data collection and analysis of qualitative data. Such proposal represents a new methodological strategy for qualitativeresearch, in addition to being a possibility to instigate new knowledge, ressignify professional attitudes and to approach research ofthe settings of practice and vice versa.

Methods of data collection in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups

This paper explores the most common methods of data collection used in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups. The paper examines each method in detail, focusing on how they work in practice, when their use is appropriate and what they can offer dentistry. Examples of empirical studies that have used interviews or focus groups are also provided.

Interview as a technique of qualitative research - a literature review

ABSTRACT:There are many methods and techniques of data collection in qualitative research to apprehend the aspects of subjectivity of the participant subjects. We can mention the most well-known among them: participative observation, life story, oral story and interview. These techniques favor the agents’ intervention in their reality and it creates the conditions for transformation of the studied contexts. This study had as objective to reflect on the interview technique starting from a literature review considering it as an important instrument for data collection in the qualitative research. We elaborated two boards: the first one regarding the main authors studied and the other synthesized the most relevant aspects on the theme. In dealing with interview, almost all the authors recognize that it crosses the limits of one technique. In the qualitative research, where the researcher is more in charge of the depth of the study object, the interview is an indispensable instrument, because it can facilitate the detailed understanding of the beliefs, feelings, attitudes and values.

Interview as a technique of qualitative research - a literature review

ABSTRACT:There are many methods and techniques of data collection in qualitative research to apprehend the aspects of subjectivity of the participant subjects. We can mention the most well-known among them: participative observation, life story, oral story and interview. These techniques favor the agents’ intervention in their reality and it creates the conditions for transformation of the studied contexts. This study had as objective to reflect on the interview technique starting from a literature review considering it as an important instrument for data collection in the qualitative research. We elaborated two boards: the first one regarding the main authors studied and the other synthesized the most relevant aspects on the theme. In dealing with interview, almost all the authors recognize that it crosses the limits of one technique. In the qualitative research, where the researcher is more in charge of the depth of the study object, the interview is an indispensable instrument, because it can facilitate the detailed understanding of the beliefs, feelings, attitudes and values.

Entrevista como técnica de pesquisa qualitativa

There are many methods and techniques of data collection in qualitative research to apprehend the aspects of subjectivity of the participant subjects. We can mention the most well-known among them: participative observation, life story, oral story and interview. These techniques favor the agents’ intervention in their reality and it creates the conditions for transformation of the studied contexts. This study had as objective to reflect on the interview technique starting from a literature review considering it as an important instrument for data collection in the qualitative research. We elaborated two boards: the first one regarding the main authors studied and the other synthesized the most relevant aspects on the theme. In dealing with interview, almost all the authors recognize that it crosses the limits of one technique. In the qualitative research, where the researcher is more in charge of the depth of the study object, the interview is an indispensable instrument, because it can facilitate the detailed understanding of the beliefs, feelings, attitudes and values.

Language and meaning: Data collection in qualitative research.

Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written lan

Waarnemingsmethoden in kwalitatief onderzoek

Hak T. Data collection in qualitative research. Huisarts Wet 2004;47(11):502-8. This article discusses the main methods of data collection in qualitative research. Ways of achieving appropriate levels of validity and reliabilityand of avoiding selection bias are discussed. Because qualitative research is characterised by an iteration between data collection and analysis, it is quite common that multiple types of data collection are used in a single research project, each of which plays a role in a specific phase of the research project. Unfortunately, the most common research design published in medical journals is the ‘cross-sectional qualitative survey’, in which conclusions are based on data from one-off unstructured or semi-structured interviews with a limited number of individuals (usually patients), selected in a more or less unsystematic manner (‘convenience sample’). This design is rather problematic. Data collection through focus groups is also a popular method used in medical and health services research. It is often invalid in terms of the research objective and question. The best qualitative research consists of consecutive parts. Each of these is steered by a research objective and a question that is dependent on the results of the preceding parts. In each part, a method of data collection is chosen that is appropriate for that part's particular research objective and question.

Observation as a method of data collection in qualitative research

Observation is a commonly used technique in qualitative research. The aim of the researcher as an observer is to witness and record everything, while causing minimal effect on events, in order to make sense of the ‘world’ from the viewpoint of those being observed.

Observation as a method of data collection in qualitative research

In recent years, qualitative research in midwifery practice and education has increased and there are now many examples to which midwives may refer. Similarly, in nursing, the use of qualitative research methods has burgeoned (Morse, 1991). The key tools for collecting data in qualitative research are interviewing, diary accounts and observation. This article discusses some of the important considerations in the use of observation as a research tool.