Journal•ISSN: 1438-5627
Forum Qualitative Social Research
Freie Universität Berlin
About: Forum Qualitative Social Research is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Qualitative research & Social research. It has an ISSN identifier of 1438-5627. Over the lifetime, 574 publications have been published receiving 26702 citations. The journal is also known as: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung & Forum: Qualitative Social Research.
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TL;DR: In this article, an Ansatz systematischer, regelgeleiteter qualitativer Analyse von Text, der methodische Starken der quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse teilweise ubernimmt and zu einem qualITativ orientierten Instrumentarium ausweitet.
Abstract: Der Beitrag beschreibt einen Ansatz systematischer, regelgeleiteter qualitativer Analyse von Text, der methodische Starken der quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse teilweise ubernimmt und zu einem qualitativ orientierten Instrumentarium ausweitet. Dazu werden historische Entwicklungslinien der Inhaltsanalyse aufgezeigt und die Grundlagen der Technik (Analyseeinheiten, Schrittmodelle, Arbeiten mit Kategoriensystemen, Gutekriterien) expliziert. Schlieslich werden an Techniken Qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse die induktive Kategorienentwicklung und die deduktive Kategorienanwendung naher dargestellt. Es wird gezeigt, wo Computerprogramme diese qualitativen Analyseschritte unterstutzen konnen, es werden Ansatzpunkte quantitativer Auswertungsschritte festgemacht und abschliesend die Moglichkeiten und Grenzen des Ansatzes diskutiert.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0002204
4,204 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a sample of PhD studies using qualitative approaches, and qualitative interviews as the method of data collection was taken from theses.com and contents analysed for their sample sizes.
Abstract: A number of issues can affect sample size in qualitative research; however, the guiding principle should be the concept of saturation. This has been explored in detail by a number of authors but is still hotly debated, and some say little understood. A sample of PhD studies using qualitative approaches, and qualitative interviews as the method of data collection was taken from theses.com and contents analysed for their sample sizes. Five hundred and sixty studies were identified that fitted the inclusion criteria. Results showed that the mean sample size was 31; however, the distribution was non-random, with a statistically significant proportion of studies, presenting sample sizes that were multiples of ten. These results are discussed in relation to saturation. They suggest a pre-meditated approach that is not wholly congruent with the principles of qualitative research.
3,262 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face, telephone, e-mail and MSN messenger interviews are compared in the domain of virtual teams, where the authors used various communication possibilities to interview informants.
Abstract: Face-to-face interviews have long been the dominant interview technique in the field of qualitative research. In the last two decades, telephone interviewing became more and more common. Due to the explosive growth of new communication forms, such as computer mediated communication (for example e-mail and chat boxes), other interview techniques can be introduced and used within the field of qualitative research. For a study in the domain of virtual teams, I used various communication possibilities to interview informants as well as face-to-face interviews. In this article a comparison will be made concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face, telephone, e-mail and MSN messenger interviews. By including telephone and MSN messenger interviews in the comparison, the scope of this article is broader than the article of BAMPTON and COWTON (2002).
1,415 citations
TL;DR: In this article, unterschiedliche Definitionen teilnehmender Beobachtung zusammengestellt und deren Geschichte und Ziele sowie die Rolle des Beobachters, d.h.
Abstract: Beobachtung, und insbesondere teilnehmende Beobachtung, kommt in vielen Disziplinen zum Einsatz, um Daten uber Personen, Prozesse oder Kulturen im Rahmen qualitativer Forschungsprojekte zu erheben. In diesem Beitrag werden unterschiedliche Definitionen teilnehmender Beobachtung zusammengestellt und deren Geschichte und Ziele sowie die Rolle des Beobachters, d.h. das Wann, Was, und Wie von Beobachtung, skizziert. Anschliesend folgen Anmerkungen zum Umgang mit und Schreiben von Feldnotizen, um dann einige Ubungen fur die Lehre von Beobachtungstechniken vorzustellen.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0502430
1,202 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore and discuss the possibilities of applying qualitative content analysis as a (text) interpretation method in case study research, and argue in favor of both case-study research as a research strategy and qualitative content analyses as a method of examination of data material.
Abstract: This paper aims at exploring and discussing the possibilities of applying qualitative content
analysis as a (text) interpretation method in case study research. First, case study research as a
research strategy within qualitative social research is briefly presented. Then, a basic introduction
to (qualitative) content analysis as an interpretation method for qualitative interviews and other data
material is given. Finally the use of qualitative content analysis for developing case studies is examined
and evaluated. The author argues in favor of both case study research as a research strategy
and qualitative content analysis as a method of examination of data material and seeks to encourage
the integration of qualitative content analysis into the data analysis in case study research.
1,017 citations