Systematic debriefing after qualitative encounters: an essential analysis step in applied qualitative research.

ABSTRACT: Conversations regarding qualitative research and qualitative data analysis in global public health programming often emphasize the product of data collection (audio recordings, transcripts, codebooks and codes), while paying relatively less attention to the process of data collection. In qualitative research, however, the data collector's skills determine the quality of the data, so understanding data collectors' strengths and weaknesses as data are being collected allows researchers to enhance both the ability of data collectors and the utility of the data. This paper defines and discusses a process for systematic debriefings. Debriefings entail thorough, goal-oriented discussion of data immediately after it is collected. Debriefings take different forms and fulfill slightly different pur

SUBMITTER: McMahon SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135453 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature