We have previously reported on a small interview study we conducted to explore the collaborative aspects of qualitative analysis. Our findings suggest that tool support for this collaboration was limited. Our ongoing research goal is to determine how tool support can be improved. Saturate, a webbased qualitative analysis tool that is the focus of this video, represents a step in that direction....

In this article, we examine participants' talk about qualitative research. We provide empirical support for post-structural theorizations of the interview and propose three distinct but related dimensions of qualitative research: emotional, purposive/relational, and epistemic/ontological. In this study, participants often became upset but constructed participation as enjoyable and cathartic. Th...

The objective of this study was to examine how Vietnamese family caregivers (FCGs) perceive, manage and experience end-of-life care-giving for seriously ill family members. Using an instrumental case study design, this longitudinal qualitative research employed the use of cultural brokers/language interpreters to help ensure that the research was conducted in a culturally-appropriate manner. Pa...

Considering advancements in data collection methods, we explore the use of videotaping in qualitative research. This bibliographical study aims at developing reflections on the possibilities of using videotapes in research and at providing material to researchers. The video is used as an instrument of data collection and generation. We mention technical aspects, such as the utilization of a mob...

This article addresses the perennial issue of the criteria by which qualitative research should be evaluated. At the present time, there is a sharp conflict between demands for explicit criteria, for example in order to serve systematic reviewing and evidence-based practice, and arguments on the part of some qualitative researchers that such criteria are neither necessary nor desirable. At issu...

2.5.1 Study quality assessment and bias 2 2.5.2 Bias and quality assessment 2 2.5.3 Quality threshold for study selection 4 2.5.4 Development of quality assessment instruments 6 2.5.5 Quality assessment of effectiveness studies 8 2.5.6 Quality assessment of test accuracy studies 11 2.5.7 Quality assessment of qualitative research 12 2.5.8 Quality assessment of economic evaluations 13 2.5.9 Key ...

Methods: It is a qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations carried out with 80 academics of the Dentistry course. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview script, processed in the IRaMuTeQ and analyzed by the Descending Hierarchical Classification. The study followed the ethical standards recommended by Resolution n. 466/2012, obtaining approval from ...

For the last ten years qualitative research approaches have been of growing interest in the comparatively young interdisciplinary field of sport-science, especially regarding its social and educational sections. This article discusses the subjects handled, and the methods used concerning different object understandings, as well as the importance of 'qualitative' results in our discipline in gen...