II.1. Text-based sources
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Nikhar Gaikwad
Yale University - Posts: 15
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Understanding what types of sources--text-based or non-text-based--researchers are using
What types of sources do you use? Text-based sources might include archival materials collected by public authorities, papers from private collections, newspaper articles, notes from interviews, etc. Non-text-based sources might include photographs, transcripts of radio broadcasts, videos, websites, and so on.
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Hillel Soifer
Temple University - Posts: 8
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Re: Understanding what types of sources--text-based or non-text-based--researchers are using
Nikhar Gaikwad wrote:What types of sources do you use? Text-based sources might include archival materials collected by public authorities, papers from private collections, newspaper articles, notes from interviews, etc. Non-text-based sources might include photographs, transcripts of radio broadcasts, videos, websites, and so on.
I wonder if it is appropriate to consider notes from interviews text-based sources, while including transcripts of radio broadcasts as non-text sources? Presumably what defines a text-based source is that it is a written document produced and catalogued privately or in a public manner by someone other than the researcher who is using it. Does that seem like a reasonable definition that organizes together the full set of materials for which similar issues of presentation/citation/transparency arise?
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Veronica Herrera
University of Connecticut - Posts: 13
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Re: Understanding what types of sources--text-based or non-text-based--researchers are using
Hilel, thanks for these thoughts, it is interesting to think about how to define these two terms, and what constitutes a "text." We are really interested in hearing about the different types of text based and non text based sources qualitative researchers use as a means to think about whether they require different approaches to documentation or transparency promoting.
Can you comment on the types of text based sources you tend to use and in what context?
Can you comment on the types of text based sources you tend to use and in what context?
hillelsoifer wrote:Nikhar Gaikwad wrote:What types of sources do you use? Text-based sources might include archival materials collected by public authorities, papers from private collections, newspaper articles, notes from interviews, etc. Non-text-based sources might include photographs, transcripts of radio broadcasts, videos, websites, and so on.
I wonder if it is appropriate to consider notes from interviews text-based sources, while including transcripts of radio broadcasts as non-text sources? Presumably what defines a text-based source is that it is a written document produced and catalogued privately or in a public manner by someone other than the researcher who is using it. Does that seem like a reasonable definition that organizes together the full set of materials for which similar issues of presentation/citation/transparency arise?
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Nikhar Gaikwad
Yale University - Posts: 15
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Re: Understanding what types of sources--text-based or non-text-based--researchers are using
I have included below links to some posts from Stage I of the QTD process that are relevant to this thread:
Inviting input on specific transparency practices
No place for my work in this debate
Preregistration (or lack thereof)
What might qualitative data access look like?
Interview-based research and the pros and cons of transparency
Data access--what is data and who decides?
Access to the broader evidentiary record in Congruence Analysis
"Truth" or DARE: Let's replace "transparency" with "explicitness"
Inviting input on specific transparency practices
No place for my work in this debate
Preregistration (or lack thereof)
What might qualitative data access look like?
Interview-based research and the pros and cons of transparency
Data access--what is data and who decides?
Access to the broader evidentiary record in Congruence Analysis
"Truth" or DARE: Let's replace "transparency" with "explicitness"
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