Qualitative researchers have evolved their methods continually, often due to technological
breakthroughs that have enabled them to collect, analyze or present data in novel ways or to …

In the last fifty years, recording devices have taken a central position on stage in the
empirical social sciences during data collection (tape and voice recorders, photo and video …

Video provides unprecedented opportunities for research in the social sciences. It offers new
and highly distinctive ways of collecting data and building records of human culture and …

While there is a vast literature that considers the collection and analysis of qualitative data,
there has been limited attention to audio transcription as part of this process. In this paper, I …

Audio-and video-recordings are the major sources of data in qualitative research today.
There is now a substantial literature about the task of transcribing these recordings, though …

Specialised software for the analysis of qualitative data has been in development for the last
thirty years. However, its adoption is far from widespread. Additionally, qualitative research …

In their article in this issue, Speer and Hutchby argue that qualitative researchers' fears
about the reactive effects of audio-or video-recording on the quality of data are misplaced …

Johnny Saldana and his late coauthors, Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman,
accomplish at least two ambitious goals in Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook …

The increased use of qualitative research, especially its application in multisite studies,
requires robust data collection techniques and the documentation of research procedures …

Abstract “Qualitative data” are the central issue of this article. Qualitative data are a particular
category of data within the social sciences, where data have been predominantly of a …