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Following are a sample of some the many sites on the net that contain perspectives
on aspects of qualitative research methodology, and/or course related material at
various educational institutions. The links listed here are as visited as at March 2001.
As this site is an archive and no longer kept up to date, we suggest you do a web
search on the title of the organisation shown to find their current website if the
link does not work.
General websites
Overview
- BMJ Books – Qualitative Research in Health Care website - contains the full online text of - Pope, Catherine and Mays, Nicholas (Eds), 1999, Qualitative Research
in Health Care¸ 2nd Edition, BMJ Books, London. Chapter topics include: qualitative
methods, interviews, focus groups, observation, Delphi and nominal group techniques,
case studies, action research, case studies, analysis.
- University of Windsor, California - basic overview
of steps involved in qualitative research (from a course in qualitative research
methodology).
- Social Science Information Gateway – Qualitative Methods
- lists a number of online resources and journals relating to qualitative methodology.
- Yahoo Webring
- links to various qualitative research sites.
Courses
- Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania. - An "e-text"
workbook prepared for a Qualitative Research Methods course.
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Online
course that contains an extensive list of internal and external links to documents
detailing qualitative researching ethnographic approaches, interviewing, focus groups,
questionnaires, software, ethics, analysis, action research, case studies.
- Gonzaga University, Washington - Introduction
of the assumptions, theories and practice of qualitative research. Covers recording
data, interviewing and focus groups, coding, theoretical approaches, interpretation
and ethics.
Course notes, online textbooks & other evaluation resources
- Community Toolbox, University of Kansas
- Extensive resources for evaluating community Programs and initiatives.
- Web-based textbook
- Includes extracts from "Research Methods Knowledge Base" covering material on
evaluation and other social science methods. Written by William Trochim, Cornell
University.
- Bureau of Justice Assistance Evaluation (USA) - Contains resource material
about evaluation in general, and in relation to criminal justice system.
- Claremont Graduate University
- Includes resource material and an online course about evaluation issues for students
and evaluators (instructor is Michael Scriven).
Focus groups
- University of Texas Houston Health Science Centre
- Tips for interview techniques
in focus groups including skills of listening, paraphrasing, probing and note taking.
- University of Arizona, Institute for Children, Youth and Families
- Overview of uses of focus groups,
advantages and disadvantages, skills and strategies for successful moderation and
participation.
Grounded theory
Narrative methods
- Le Moyne College New York
- Internet resources and bibliography of narrative in medicine, nursing and health
care.
Phenomenology
Interviewing
- University of Arizona, Institute for Children, Youth and Families - Uses of
qualitative interviewing in evaluation research, types of qualitative interviews,
advantages and disadvantages.
Data analysis
- University of Louiseville - Dr. Greg Leichty
- Analysing Qualitative Data and Communicating the Results - from a taught course.
Discusses identifying themes, coding, analysing and writing of qualitative data
from interviews and focus groups.
Discourse analysis (Overviews)
- Linguistic Society of America
- Dept of English, University of Gent, Belgium
- American University, Washington
- Notes from a workshop on discourse analysis.
Ethnographic approaches
- Theory, Ethnography and Writing, Michael Stone, Department of Anthropology, Hartwick
College Contains sections on writing ethnography, ethics, fieldwork exercises, and
proposal writing.
- Surviving Ethnography: Coping with Isolation, Violence and Anger by Jennifer Harris
The Qualitative Report, Volume 3, Number 1, March, 1997 Article containing an account
of experiences novice ethnographers may face, but be unprepared for. The author
relates to her experiences working with a deaf community in Britain.
- A Handbook of Ethnography, University of Lancaster, UK Site contains sections on
what ethnography is, uses, and practicalities.
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Computer software sites
The following sites contain free demonstration downloads, with options for purchasing
full versions of qualitative data analysis software used for coding and data management.
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Email lists
- ARLIST-L@scu.edu.au
Action Research Mailing List. To
subscribe, send this message to
listproc@scu.edu.au: subscribe ARLIST-L For help
contact Bob Dick:
bdick@scu.edu.au.
- ARMNET-L@scu.edu.au
Action research methodology network;
to subscribe, send this message to
listproc@scu.edu.au: subscribe ARMNET-L firstname
lastname For help contact Bob Dick, bdick@scu.edu.au.
- BIOG-METHODS@mailbase.ac.uk
Biographical Methods for the
Social Sciences; to subscribe, send this message to
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk: join
BIOG-METHODS For help contact biog-methods- request@mailbase.ac.uk.
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Ethnography-in-education@mailbase.ac.uk Use of ethnographic
research methods in education; to subscribe, send this message to
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk:
join ethnography-in- education firstname lastname For help contact ethnography-in-education-request@mailbase.ac.uk.
- Ethno@cios.org Ethnomethodology/conversation analysis;
to subscribe, send this message to comserve@cios.org:
join ethno; for help contact support@cios.org.
- GOVTEVAL@nasionet.net
Public Sector Program Evaluation;
to subscribe, send this message to
majordomo@nasionet.net: subscribe govteval [your
email address] For help contact Dr. Arunaselam Rasappan, artd@ppp.nasionet.net.
- H-ORALHIST@h-net.msu.edu
H-Net/Oral History Association
Discussion List on Oral History; to subscribe, send this message to listserv@h-net.msu.edu:
subscribe H-ORALHIST For help contact Jeff Charnley,
Charnle2@pilot.msu.edu.
- METHODS@cios.org
A list for social science research methods
instructors; to subscribe, send this message to comserve@cios.org: join methods
For help, contact support@cios.org.
- PHENOMENOG-L@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Phenomenography Interest
Group for those interested in this qualitative research method, the study of the
way people conceive of the world; to subscribe, send this message to majordomo@mailbox.uq.edu.au:
subscribe PHENOMENOG-L. For help contact
OWNER-PHENOMENOG-L@MAILBOX.UQ.EDU.AU.
- PSYCH-NARRATIVE@massey.ac.nz
A discussion of narrative
in everyday life. To subscribe, send this message to majordomo@massey.ac.nz. subscribe
psych-narrative For help contact Andy Lock, A.J.Lock@massey.ac.nz.
- QSR-Forum@qsr.com.au
(Qualitative Solutions and Research),
for the qualitative analysis programs NUD*IST and Nvivo). To subscribe, send a message
to
mailing-list-request@qsr.com.au with the words SUBSCRIBE QSR-FORUM in the main
body of the text. For help contact list-master@qsr.com.au.
- QUAL-L@scu.edu.au
Qualitative Research List. To subscribe, send this message to
listproc@scu.edu.au: subscribe QUAL-L firstname lastname. For
help contact Bob Dick bdick@scu.edu.au.
- QUALRS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
Qualitative Research for the Human Sciences. To subscribe, send this message to
listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu: subscribe
QUALRS-L. For help contact Judith Preissle, jude@arches.uga.edu.
- Qual-software@mailbase.ac.uk
Qualitative analysis computer
programs. To subscribe, send this message to
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk: join qual-software
(your name). For help contact Ann Lewins, qual-software-request@mailbase.ac.uk.
- Q-METHOD@listserv.kent.edu
Q Methodology discussion list
on this broad approach to the study of subjectivity; to subscribe, send this message
to listserv@listserv.kent.edu:
subscribe Q-METHOD For help contact
Q-Method- request@listserv.kent.edu.
- http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/public-health/(defunct.). For those working in epidemiology and public
health. To join send email to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
leave the subject line blank
and in the body of the message write only Join public-health
(if you have a signature file, suppress it). For help contact public-health-request@mailbase.ac.uk
- SOCHEALTH: Established in 1993 by the Health Sociology Research Group at La Trobe
University, Australia with the aim of minimising the effects of distance and improving
networking. SocHealth is free and relies on the contributions of subscribers to
function. The newsletter is published every 5 to 8 weeks depending on the amount
of material available. There are no guarantees, stated or implied, about the accuracy
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Leave the subject line blank. If you have a signature file, suppress it. To remove
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- Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences - A searchable directory of electronic lists
on the net.
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