As an ethics committee, we have produced COVID-19 guidance for students doing empirical projects. For many it will require suspending data collection, moving to online platforms, or redesigning projects. Here are some resources & examples for qualitative projects (1/n)
This book provides excellent guides on methods of data collection that don’t require face-to-face interaction: Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (Eds.). (2017). Collecting qualitative data: A practical guide to textual, media and virtual techniques. Cambridge University Press
Conducting interviews via Skype (or Zoom, FaceTime etc) Lo Iacono, V., Symonds, P., & Brown, D. H. (2016). Skype as a tool for qualitative research interviews. Sociological Research Online, 21(2), 1-15. https://repository.cardiffmet....
Qualitative surveys. E.g. Jowett, A., & Peel, E. (2017). ‘A question of equality and choice’: same-sex couples’ attitudes towards civil partnership after the introduction of same-sex marriage. Psychology & Sexuality, 8(1-2), 69-80. https://www.researchgate.net/p...
Analysing media representations e.g. Jowett, A., & Peel, E. (2010). Seismic Cultural Change?”: British media representations of same-sex ‘marriage. In Women's Studies International Forum, 33(3), 206-214 https://curve.coventry.ac.uk/o...
Analysing discourse within the media (e.g. commentary pieces and letters to editors). E.g. Jowett, A. (2017). ‘One can hardly call them homophobic’: Denials of antigay prejudice within the same-sex marriage debate. Discourse & Society, 28(3), 281-295. https://www.researchgate.net/p...
Analyzing magazines e.g. Farvid, P., & Braun, V. (2006). ‘Most of us guys are raring to go anytime, anyplace, anywhere’: Male and female sexuality in Cleo and Cosmo. Sex roles, 55(5-6), 295-310. https://www.researchgate.net/p...
Instant messaging interviews: Jowett, A., Peel, E., & Shaw, R. (2011). Online interviewing in psychology: Reflections on the process. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 8(4), 354-369. https://s3.amazonaws.com/acade...
Analysing online forums: Jowett, A. (2015). A case for using online discussion forums in critical psychological research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 12(3), 287-297. https://curve.coventry.ac.uk/o...
Online vignette studies: Gray, D., Malson, H., & Royall, B. (2017). Hypothetically speaking: Using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method. https://uwe-repository.worktri...
Story completion methods Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Moller, N., & Tischner, I. (2017). Once upon a time…: Story completion methods http://oro.open.ac.uk/48404/3/...
Please add your own resources to this thread @ginnybraun @drvicclarke @drnikkihayfield @ProfPeel @QMiP @DrSimonGoodman @AbigailLocke etc
Using Twitter: Marwick, A. E. (2014). Ethnographic and qualitative research on Twitter. Twitter and society, 109-122. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/v...
Using published autobiographies for examining experiences and narratives e.g. Bellizzi, K. M., Blank, T. O., & Oakes, C. E. (2006). Social comparison processes in autobiographies of adult cancer survivors. Journal of Health Psychology, 11(5), 777-786. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.o...
An article I’ve written for @LSEImpactBlog on carrying out qualitative research under lockdown
@DrAdamJowett Do you mean a research ethics committee?
@sridhartweet Yes! Sorry should have been clearer
@DrAdamJowett This is really helpful. Thanks Adam! I might have missed this, but do you have the ethics guidelines you can share?
@C_L_Fox Most of it related to internal ethics processes and was first and foremost telling students to stop collecting data face-to-face just before we went into lockdown. I’ve discussed the general points here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impact...
@DrAdamJowett Are you able to share your guidelines?
@alex_fisher1969 I’d need to check & some will be specific to our ethics processes. But essentially avoid face-to-face data collection; suspend, move to online collection or redesign; submit an ethics amendment to ethics committee; consider issues of recording consent; keep participants informed
@DrAdamJowett My blog post, Fieldwork in the Times of COVID-19: Doing Ethnography During a Pandemic http://www.raulpacheco.org/202... may be of interest to anybody doing qualitative work, particulary ethnographic, in the times of COVID.
@DrAdamJowett @raulpacheco Thanks for these resources👍👍👍
@DrAdamJowett Thanks for these resources - we were only just discussing these issues in an @aphasiacre meeting! Very timely @DrAnnieJHill @dr_epower @MarcellaC_SP @MichelleAttard8
@DrAdamJowett @srf_aku @AKUGlobal @ShireenBhamani @RKarmaliani this thread is the best guidance for alternate approaches to f2f data collection in Qualitative Research during #COVID19
@DrAdamJowett Thank you. Great resources for PGT students designing dissertation projects @HouseMoray @MorayHouseCEID @MScEd_MHSES
@DrAdamJowett @alicia_m_hughes @JoHudson13 A few mentions in this thread about using Zoom/Skype etc for interviews may be useful for compass/FLEX ?
@DrAdamJowett These are fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to best meaningfully engage (and ideally codesign) remotely with older adults, aged 65-80 with some tech familiarity?
@DrAdamJowett @McCreesh_Karen @modonoghue1995 worth a read!
@DrAdamJowett This is fantastic thank you for doing this. Have shared with my team :)
@DrAdamJowett @chloe_degrood @laryssa_kemp @JParsonsLeigh @kmfiest @KarlaKrewulak @carmenccpa @k_plotnikoff take a look, good resources for our team!
@DrAdamJowett @MaleEDResearch Thanks so much for this - I'm currently pondering how to adapt my own part completed data collection.
@DrAdamJowett cc: @nsingal14 @CamillaHCH These resources look very pertinent and useful.