The Qual Report: Exploring the Depths of Qualitative Research

In this podcast episode, we unravel the ramifications of employing large language models like ChatGPT to bolster qualitative research. Orchestrated through a ‘Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow’ lens, we delve into the complex mechanics of LLMs, underscore the imperative for transparency, and explore the necessity for robust evaluative frameworks to assess the quality of generated output. Highlighting the principle of augmentation over automation in research methodologies, the dialogue cultivates a perspective of embracing technological advancements as a means to enrich the tapestry of qualitative research.

In this podcast, Marilyn Lichtman talks to Marti Snyder about the 4th edition of her book, Qualitative Research in Education: A User's Guide. The podcast begins with a brief historical context about Marilyn's experience with qualitative research and TQR. Next, she describes what inspired her to write this fourth edition and what readers can expect. She discusses the various types of qualitative research and what defines quality and rigor as well as current issues in education and how qualitative research methods can be used to address them. Finally, she shares her thoughts about technology and the future of qualitative research.

In this podcast you will hear a conversation among Caroline Lenette, author of the book, Participatory Action Research: Ethics and Decolonization (see Review by Sally, called Thank you, Caroline in The Qualitative Report, 27(11), 2668-2670 https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.6063) and Sally St. George and Dan Wulff, Co-Editors-in-Chief of TQR. They discuss ethics and decolonizing principles and processes to move our research into more just and relevant spaces for participants, researchers, and consumers. In addition, Caroline eloquently shares ideas that she has added and refined since the publication of her book. We hope that you be stimulated and encouraged to stretch your own research and reporting of your research!

Having problems crafting your research paper’s introduction or perhaps a review of the literature? No worries, Sally, Dan, and Ron provide helpful writing tips and guidance from TQR’s Ready Review Comments resource. You may access the TQR Ready Review Resource below:

https://sites.nova.edu/tqr/files/2021/05/TQR_Ready_Review_Comments_Compliments_050721.pdf 

Since 2019, we at TQR have published 114 articles in which authors have reported experiences of others as well as their own living and working in a Covid-19-affected world. In the third day opening plenary, as TQR’s Co-Editors-In-Chief and Managing Editor / Community Director we reflect on what we have learned from our authors, editors, reviewers, and conference participants, and share how the TQR community will continue to develop in a Post-Covid World.

Since 2019, we have been living in a world-wide pandemic of Covid with the hope soon we may see the passing of the disease. Now, in 2023, as the virus continues to affect our lives, our qualitative data analysis efforts to generate, collect, process, analyze, synthesize, display, and report play an important role in this new world. In our second day opening panel, three representatives from leading qualitative data analysis software companies share their pre-, peri-, and post-Covid experiences and offer insights on qualitative data analysis’ present and future.

Since 2019, we have been living in a world-wide pandemic of Covid with the hope soon we may see the passing of the disease. Now, in 2023, as the virus continues to affect our lives, we as qualitative researchers know we have an important role to play in exploring, describing, analyzing, interpreting, and criticizing this new world. In our first day opening panel, three leading qualitative researchers share their pre-, peri-, and post-Covid experiences and offer insights on qualitative research’s present and future.

Welcome to our series of "You Got A Minute" Qualitative Research Tips!

Ron Chenail and Dan Wulff interview Thalia Mulvihill and Raji Swaminathan about their new book Collaborative Qualitative Research (2023, Guilford). Thalia and Raji discuss their particular style of collaborating as co-authors in their writing projects. They discuss the research challenges of trying to build and support collaborative relationships with community research partners/participants while at the same time upholding established academic practices that may be very foreign to non-academic communities. They discuss the challenges of living and working with uncertainties that are endemic to collaborative projects and how collaborative approaches to qualitative research impact the types of questions that are possible and preferred. The conversation touches upon the importance of interpersonal skills of listening and blending viewpoints/agendas when embarking on collaborative research journeys. The podcast ends with a discussion of the challenges of language translation in conducting and reporting collaborative qualitative projects. The ideas explored in this conversation underscore the idea that “research is not innocent”—qualitative researchers have always known that research is a series of choices/decisions that reflect viewpoints, received knowledges, and power. Thalia and Raji’s book highlights the responsibilities of collaborative qualitative researchers to honor the multiple collaborations that are part of all research projects.

Having problems crafting your research paper’s title, abstract, and keywords? No worries, Sally, Dan, and Ron provide helpful writing tips from TQR’s Ready Review Comments resource. With their guidance, your report’s opening elements will become clear, concise, coherent, and a reading delight!