Qualitative Secondary Analysis

′Practical, sensible and timely guide, inspiring teachers, researchers and students to work creatively with the wealth of archived qualitative data now freely available to us′.

Rachel Thomson, Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies, University of Sussex

-- Rachel Thomson

This book confirms the standing of QSA securely within the mainstream of social science methods.  It provides detailed chapters based on recent research using QSA, such as longitudinal QSA , nuanced comparative analysis, and blending existing with newly generated qualitative data.   Fundamental ethical challenges that arise when repurposing data (e.g., the absence of explicit consent for reuse) are reviewed, and possible ways forward proposed. Instructors in need of a clear, accessible introduction to QSA for use in a methodology course will be well satisfied.

Dr Libby Bishop is the Coordinator for International Data Infrastructures in the Data Archive at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences.

-- Dr Libby Bishop
Chapters from this book (2,4,6) will make the core reading for PGT unit ( An introduction to social science research). The reasons are:
1. Relevance to the content I wish to cover in the sessions
2. Being a recent resource
3. Being able to offer students further information by referring them to only one resource (rather than chapters from different books or different articles) -- Dr Fereshte Goshtasbpour * drupal *
It was not adopted since too few students expressed an interest in doing secondary qualitative analysis for their thesis -- Dr Sandhiya Goolaup * drupal *
An engaging text with some very interesting material. -- Dr Steve Hothersall * drupal *
very useable guide to carrying out analysis on a wide variety of data sets, practical advice given, and enough depth on rationales and theories underlying the methods. -- Miss Lynda Fitzwater * drupal *
This is an excellent book and very instructive on the history of QSA, the resources that can be accessed to obtain secondary data, and the best practices involved in using QSA in research. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on using quantitative data in QSA for its broad approach. While the text was not adopted, it has been recommended to colleagues in the field of qualitative and mixed methods research, where in the current climate, qualitative secondary data is fast becoming a prominent and much needed research method. -- Mr Graham Burvill * drupal *
Put on the reading list for students -- Mrs Deborah Sproston-Bewley * drup