Innovative Data Collection Strategies in Qualitative Research外文翻译.pdf

The Qualitative Report Volume 15 Number 3 May 2010 696-726 /ssss/QR/QR15-3/onwuegbuzie.pdf Innovative Data Collection Strategies in Qualitative Research Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA Nancy L. Leech University of Colorado, Denver, USA Kathleen M. T. Collins University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA This article provides an innovative meta-framework comprising strategies designed to guide qualitative data collection in the 21st century. We present a meta-framework comprising strategies for collecting data from interviews, focus groups, observations, and documents/material culture. We present a template for collecting nonverbal data during interviews and discuss the concept of debriefing the interviewer. We identify types of data that can be collected in focus groups in addition to the actual statements made by the participants and provide templates for categorizing these data. Also, we outline the role that social networking websites can play in focus group interviews. Further, we provide models for observations that include photographs and videos. Finally, we outline ways of accessing and collating documents/material culture that can be used for document analyses. Key Words: Qualitative Research, Qualitative Data Collection, Debriefing, Interviews, Focus Groups, Observations, Nonverbal Data, Documents, Material Culture, and Computer-Mediated Communication Introduction In many disciplines and fields representing the social