Alternative data collection methods

Question 1

what are 2 traditional qualitative data collection methods?

Answer 1

Interviews
Focus groups (directed conversation with more than one participant)

Question 2

What are all the alternative qualitative data methods

Answer 2

Qualitative surveys

Prompt methods

Photovoice

Participant led prompts

story completion

Solicited diaries

Apps

Existent data: media data

User generated content

Question 3

Describe Qualitative surveys

Answer 3

• Ask open ended questions
• Need to have clear, easy to answer questions
• Participants have more control (more time to think)
• More anonymous

Question 4

What are prompt methods?

Answer 4

• Can use videos, vignettes, activities, audio to start discussions on a given topic
• Good for “sensitive” topics
• Opens up and encourages a discussion.

Question 5

What is photovoice?

Answer 5

• Participant led prompts
• Get insight into people’s lives my giving them a camera and asking them to take photos on a topic that is meaningful
• However can have inconsistencies in evaluation and reporting

Question 6

What is story completion?

Answer 6

• Projective test (ambiguous item that infers something about a person’s subconscious)
• A participant is given an ambiguous start of story and they are asked to finish it

Question 7

What are solicited diaries?

Answer 7

• Diary writing within pre- defined guidelines, intended for research purposes
• Can be useful for sensitive subjects
• Partial access to participants thoughts

Question 8

How can you use existent media for qualitative research?

Answer 8

• Exciting data such as newspapers, magazines, tv, films and reader comments

Question 9

How can you use user generated content for qualitative research?

Answer 9

• Can use pre- existing online sources
  E.g. forums, blogs, social media etc

Data is naturalistic
May not be ethical