Chapter 17: Qualitative data collection
Chapter Outline
- Ethical responsibility and cultural respect (5 minute read)
- Critical considerations (3 minute read)
- Preparations for the data gathering process (6 minute read)
- Interviews (20 minute read)
- Focus groups (15 minute read)
- Observations (6 minute read)
- Documents and other artifacts (13 minute read)
Content warning: examples in this chapter contain references to multiple demands on students’ time, loss of employment, sexual assault, trauma-informed care, inpatient psychiatric services, immigration, and the Holocaust.