Adapting Data Collection Tools for Qualitative Research in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

N. Jain, K. Brockova
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Over the last decades, qualitative research had gained increasing acceptance in studying experience of individuals and groups, events, process in phenomenon in diverse field of study like anthropology, sociology, health, and nursing, organizational and management, to name a few. Qualitative research encouraged an interaction between the researcher and the subject of study, with the researcher acting as an instrument of research and investigating the real-life experiences of the subjects under study. Qualitative data collection tools like field study, focus group interviews, observation, required a closer interaction between the researcher and the subject of study. However, in times of COVID-19 pandemic following the year 2019, several social restrictions to personal meeting, travel, and field visits were in placed internationally. Qualitative researchers were therefore required, by the needs of the time, to adapt the data collection and observation methods. Following a content analysis of the available scientific literature digitally, this study analyzed the changing landscape of qualitative data collection tools. This paper attempts to highlight how qualitative data collection tools can be adapted to the times during and post COVID-19 pandemic. With the help of tools like online video calls, asynchronous interviews, virtual reality devices and camera tours, alternatives to the conventional qualitative data collection tools could be identified. With benefits of time and cost saving offered by these alternative qualitative data collection tools, the author puts forward the relevance of these alternative tools not only in times of the COVID-19 pandemic but also in post pandemic times.
在COVID-19大流行时期调整数据收集工具进行定性研究
在过去的几十年里,定性研究在研究个人和群体的经验、事件、过程和现象方面获得了越来越多的认可,这些研究领域包括人类学、社会学、健康、护理、组织和管理等。定性研究鼓励研究人员和研究对象之间的互动,研究人员充当研究工具,调查被研究对象的真实经历。定性数据收集工具,如实地研究,焦点小组访谈,观察,需要研究人员和研究对象之间更密切的互动。然而,在2019年之后的COVID-19大流行期间,国际上对个人会议、旅行和实地访问实施了若干社会限制。因此,根据时代的需要,定性研究人员需要调整数据收集和观察方法。在对现有的数字化科学文献进行内容分析之后,本研究分析了定性数据收集工具的变化趋势。本文试图强调定性数据收集工具如何适应COVID-19大流行期间和之后的时代。借助在线视频通话、异步访谈、虚拟现实设备和相机参观等工具,可以确定传统定性数据收集工具的替代方案。鉴于这些替代性定性数据收集工具所提供的节省时间和成本的好处,作者提出这些替代性工具不仅在COVID-19大流行时期,而且在大流行后时期都具有相关性。
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