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Qualitative Data Resources: Qualidata UKDA

Qualitative Data Resources: Qualidata UKDA. Libby Bishop ESDS Qualidata, University of Essex Timescapes, University of Leeds St Catherine’s College, Oxford 2 July 2008. ESDS Qualidata. function of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

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Qualitative Data Resources: Qualidata UKDA

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  1. Qualitative Data Resources:Qualidata UKDA Libby Bishop ESDS Qualidata, University of Essex Timescapes, University of Leeds St Catherine’s College, Oxford 2 July 2008

  2. ESDS Qualidata • function of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) • specialist service led by the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex • acquires, provides access to, and support for, a range of qualitative datasets on a national scale • responsible for enhancing qualitative data and documentation • provides information and training resources for re-using qualitative data

  3. UKDA: sources of data Data for research and teaching, used in all sectors, and for many different disciplines • official agencies - mainly central government • international statistical time series • individual academics - research grants • market research agencies • public records/historical sources • qualitative and quantitative • links to UK census data • access to international datavia links with other data archives worldwide

  4. NSPSCA screen shot

  5. Qualitative data resources • What is in the archive? • How can I find it? • How can I access it? • How can I use it?

  6. What is in the archive? • diverse data types: in-depth interviews ; semi-structured interviews; focus groups; oral histories; mixed methods data; open-ended survey questions; case notes/records of meetings; diaries/ research diaries • multi-media: audio, video, photos and text (most common is interview transcriptions) • formats: digital, paper, analogue audio-visual

  7. Archiving criteria • impact of the study e.g., influence in its field or representing the work of a significant researcher • complementary to existing data holdings • popularity of the topic (exclusion, criminology) • consistency with national research strategy (e.g., environment, security, inequality) • methodological innovation (e.g., mixed methods) • data with untapped analytic potential • raw data

  8. Collections – old and new • Inheritance, Property and Family Relationships, 1990-1994 (Finch) • Framing of Terrorist Threats in United States and Russian Elections, 2003-2004 (Oates) • Developing Sustainable Technologies for Waste, 2004-2006 (Fredrickson and Slater) • Collaborative Wildlife Management and Changing Social Contexts in Peru, 2001-2003 (Newing) • Concepts of Healthy Eating Food Research, 1992-1996 (Caplan) (forthcoming) • And paper collections currently in process: Bell, Townsend, Pahl, and more

  9. Qualitative data resources • What is in the archive? • How can I find it? • How can I access it? • How can I use it?

  10. UKDA Catalogue screen shot

  11. Qualitative data resources • What do we have? • How can I find it? • How can I access it? • How can I use it?

  12. Qualitative data resources • What do we have? • How can I find it? • How can I access it? • How can I use it?

  13. Ethical and consent considerations • questions of confidentiality and agreements made at the time of fieldwork • archived data should always conform to ethical and legal guidelines with respect to the preservation of anonymity when this has been requested by informants or guaranteed to them • achieve this by various strategies • consent for archiving • controlling access (e.g., legal undertakings to protect confidentiality, licences, vetting) • editing the original data

  14. Timescapes is about… Doing Research: • Personal relationships, intimacy and family life • ≈£5 million, 5 years, 7 projects, 5 universities Building a data archive: • Qualitative – text, image, audio, and video • Longitudinal • 400+ participants, 5+ years with multiple interactions • 5000+ objects • Over half a terabyte of data

  15. Web pages www.esds.ac.uk/qualidata/ http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/

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