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Qualitative secondary analysis in austere times: a reply to Coltart, Henwood and Shirani
Qualitative Sekundäranalyse in unsicheren Zeiten: eine Replik auf Coltart, Henwood und Shirani
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Abstract In their article, published in FQS, as well as in HSR 38 (2013) 4, Coltart, Henwood and Shirani raise a number of issues regarding the effective and ethical conduct of qualitative secondary analysis. In doing so they seek to exemplify general points about secondary analytic practice and ethics with ... view more
In their article, published in FQS, as well as in HSR 38 (2013) 4, Coltart, Henwood and Shirani raise a number of issues regarding the effective and ethical conduct of qualitative secondary analysis. In doing so they seek to exemplify general points about secondary analytic practice and ethics with reference to the UK Timescapes research programme in which they were involved as primary researchers and we were involved as secondary analysts. They position our work in ways we find unrecognisable, and potentially misleading. We briefly re-describe aspects of our work, and our key arguments, with reference to the timing of secondary analysis, knowledge claims and the contextual embeddedness of qualitative data.... view less
Keywords
research; secondary analysis; science ethics; qualitative method
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
qualitative research ethics; Timescapes
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 347-354
Journal
Historical Social Research, 39 (2014) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.39.2014.3.347-354
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed