National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., New York, NY 10010, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr;45(5):648-70. doi: 10.3109/10826081003594757.
Qualitative research creates mountains of words. U.S. federal funding supports mostly structured qualitative research, which is designed to test hypotheses using semiquantitative coding and analysis. This article reports on strategies for planning, organizing, collecting, managing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and writing about qualitative data so as to most efficiently manage the mountains of words collected in large-scale ethnographic projects. Multiple benefits accrue from this approach. Field expenditures are linked to units of work so productivity is measured, many staff in various locations have access to use and analyze the data, quantitative data can be derived from data that is primarily qualitative, and improved efficiencies of resources are developed.
定性研究产生大量文字。美国联邦资金主要支持结构化的定性研究,其旨在使用半定量编码和分析来检验假设。本文报告了规划、组织、收集、管理、存储、检索、分析和撰写定性数据的策略,以便最有效地管理在大型民族志项目中收集的大量文字。这种方法有多种好处。将实地支出与工作单元联系起来,以便衡量生产力,让来自不同地点的众多员工可以访问和分析数据,从主要是定性的数据中得出定量数据,并提高资源的效率。