Designing a project

Question 1

Qualitative VS Quantative

Answer 1

Qualitative
>capture subjective experience
>goals are often descriptive
>favors induction

Quantative
>purpose, ‘de-bias’ information
>comparative
>deduction

Question 2

Start with

Answer 2

What is the scope of this project?
(substantive area of inquiry~limits
&
settings, samples)

What is the nature of the data required?

Question 3

Then

Answer 3

Establishing purpose

Methodological location

Planning the nature of the data

Identify sources for data,
& arrange access

Thinking ahead

Question 4

Qualitative Secondary Analysis

Answer 4

Extending social work knowledge

Has potential to
more fully exploit
these rich datasets
which is currently untapped

Parent Study < (QSA) Current Study

Question 5

How to do QSA?

Answer 5

• Finding and/or developing
  opportunities to conduct QSA
• Conceptualizing the question
• Research methods
• Conducting the analysis
• Writing the results

Question 6

Definition of QSA

Answer 6

Reuse of existing data

Collect for prior purposes

Investigate new questions

Apply a new perspective to
an ‘old’ question

As a mean of corroborating validating,
or redfining original, primary analsis

(Heaton, 2004)

Question 8

Forms of secondary analysis

Answer 8

Additional in-depth analysis
> more intensive focus on
a particular taken finding or aspect

Additonal sub-set analysis
>selective focus

New perspective of conceptual focus
>retrospective analysis,
examine concepts which
were not central to the
original research

(Single, Multipule qualitative
&
Mixed-method data set)

Question 9

Strengths & Limits of QSA

Answer 9

Strengths:
>Enhance, expand existing analyses
>Cost effective
>Expand knowledge
>Limits burden on participants

Limitations:
>No methodological flexibility
~no new participants
~no new questions
~no member checking
on newly discovered themes
~limits to how far beyong original