The next Qualitative Cafe Brown Bag will be held Thursday, May 8 from 12 to 1 p.m., in rm. 364 at the College of Nursing. Associate Professor Jan Armstrong, Department of Individual, Family and Community Education (IFCE), will present a lecture titled "Setting up a Qualitative Data Management System."
Qualitative researchers collect a number of different kinds of data as they carry out their investigations: field notes, interview transcripts, journals, letters, photographs, maps, drawings, sketches, and documents. The focus of this interactive presentation will be on designing a qualitative data management system.
Armstrong will offer guidelines for setting up a simple, flexible system that will help people organize all of their data and quickly locate specific items when needed. Academic work and every day life are messy, paper-intensive enterprises, leaving many of us struggling to keep on top of ever-expanding piles of notes, handouts, records, articles, clippings and other paperwork.
Qualitative data management principles can also help you organize household and work-related documents and media, freeing up time for more important and rewarding activities.
For more information contact Marlena Bermel at (505) 272-4438.
Posted by scarr at April 30, 2008 10:56 AM