The Weekly Qualitative Report, Volume 1, Number 1

The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 1, Number 1

October 6, 2008

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr1_1.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Creating Vocative Texts

Jennifer J. Nicol

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Online QDA: A set of training support materials which address common problems of using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) methods and selected Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS (CAQDAS) packages.

NSU Announces New Online Graduate

Qualitative Research Certificate Program

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program consists of eight three-credit hour online courses designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies.

The Weekly Review

The Value of Community in Creating Quality: A Review of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods

Ronald J. Chenail

Nova Southeastern University

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

· Birks, M., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2008). Memoing in qualitative research: Probing data and processes. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 68-75. Abstract

· Elizabeth, V. (2007). Another string to our bow: Participant writing as research method. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(1), Art. 31. Abstract

· Caulley, D. N. (2008). Making qualitative research reports less boring: The techniques of writing creative nonfiction. Qualitative Inquiry, 14(3), 424 - 449. Abstract

· Modell, S., & Humphrey, C. (2008). Balancing acts in qualitative accounting research. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 5(2), 92-100. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

· Qualitative Researcher (MRI)

· Market Research: Qualitative Project Manager (Smith Hanley Associates)

· Assistant or Associate Professor - Urban Sociology and Qualitative Research (Brooklyn College/CUNY)

· Senior Manager - Qualitative Insights (Marketing Roundtables, Inc)

· Qualitative Market Research Manager (M3 Marketing)

· Director, Qualitative Research (Ipsos-Understanding Unlimited)

· Research Associate (National Writing Project)

· Account Executive (Cline Davis & Mann)

· Health Policy Researcher (RAND)

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