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Qualitative Data Resources:Qualidata UKDA
Libby Bishop
ESDS Qualidata, University of EssexTimescapes, University of Leeds
St Catherine’s College, Oxford2 July 2008
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
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 data via links with other data archives worldwide
NSPSCA screen shot
Qualitative data resources
• What is in the archive?• How can I find it?• How can I access it?• How can I use it?
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
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
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
Qualitative data resources
• What is in the archive?• How can I find it?• How can I access it?• How can I use it?
UKDA Catalogue screen shot
Qualitative data resources
• What do we have?• How can I find it?• How can I access it?• How can I use it?
Qualitative data resources
• What do we have?• How can I find it?• How can I access it?• How can I use it?
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
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
Web pages
www.esds.ac.uk/qualidata/
http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/