Editor’s note: What is the “right way” to take and organize research fieldnotes? In this guest post, David Keyes explores his … More
Category: qualitative research
10 Distinctive Qualities of Qualitative Research
Originally posted on Research Design Review:
Researchers conduct qualitative research because they acknowledge the human condition and want to learn more, and…
A Review of the SfAA 2013 Text Analysis Workshop by Lance Gravlee and Amber Wutich
The following is a review of a workshop I attended at the March 2013 Society for Applied Anthropology conference on … More
Research design: online chats vs. face-to-face group discussions
There is a lot of talk these days about online qualitative research. I recall a meeting from late last year … More
Make focus groups suck less
Focus groups are not my favorite thing, but sometimes it makes sense to do them. Here are a few ideas … More
Hitler hates qualitative research…
…but he loves the cost-effectiveness and ease of moderating online focus groups! (of course he would…) Hilarious … More
Lessons learned: the challenges of moderating non-English-speaking focus groups
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to moderate my first ever Spanish-language focus group as part of a project I’m … More
Anthropologizing 