A Cartography of Qualitative Research in Switzerland

Abstract: Our attempt to describe the state of qual­itative research in Switzerland starts out with an impressionist sketch which inevitably is selective, subjective and culturally biased. In order to reach a more objective stance, we gather some facts and figures and present them by means of de­scriptive statistics. Based on the database of the Swiss Information and Data Archive Service for the Social Sciences (SIDOS), we analyze a sample of qualitative, sociological research projects funded by national science foundations (Swiss, German and French) between 1995-2004. We compare qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods pro­jects and try to find similarities, differences and trends: Has the ratio of qualitative research pro­jects in­creased over the last ten years? Can we find cul­tural differences, e.g. a preference of Ger­man or French Swiss researchers for either qualit­ative or quantitative or mixed methods designs? Do dif­ferent types of institutions, or do men and women have such di.... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/13

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A Cartography of Qualitative Research in Switzerland ; volume:6 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:09 ; year:2005 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 6, Heft 3 (30.09.2005)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Eberle, Thomas S. ; Elliker, Florian

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-6.3.13
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503244
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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