The Weekly Qualitative Report

	The Weekly Qualitative Report Volume 3, Number 3 - January 18, 2010 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr3_3.html
Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., Sally St. George, Ph.D., Dan Wulff, Ph.D., Maureen Duffy, Ph.D., Laurie L. Charles, Ph.D., and Karen Wilson Scott, Ph.D., Editors ISSN 1945-2853

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Issues in the Analysis of Focus Groups: Generalisability, Quantifiability, Treatment of Context and Quotations

Lilla Vicsek
Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Qualitative Research in the News

How-To Data Collection Series

Conducting an Online Focus Group

Jeanine Stancanelli
Sage Colleges, Troy, New York USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Phenomenology Research Center is a collaborative community of learning that hosts national and international graduate students, post-doctoral students, as well as junior and senior scholars located at Southern Illinois University.

NSU Online Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program Begins Second Year

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program enters its second year as we begin accepting applications for summer 2010 courses. The Certificate's eight three-credit hour, online courses designed to prepare faculty, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand and practice a variety of qualitative research approaches begins its second year.

For more information regarding this unique online learning experience, please email Ron Chenail at ron@nova.edu.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals and Training Opportunities

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Ethnography

Bartleet, B.-L. (2009). Behind the baton: Exploring autoethnographic writing in a musical context. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 38(6), 713-733. Abstract
Learmonth, M. (2009). 'Girls' working together without 'teams': How to avoid the colonization of management language. Human Relations, 62(12), 1887-1906. Abstract
Lopez, S. H., Hodson, R., & Roscigno, V. J. (2009). Power, status, and abuse at work: General and sexual harassment compared. The Sociological Quarterly, 50(1), 3-27. Full Text
Suttmeier, B. (2009). Ethnography as consumption: Travel and national identity in Oda Makoto's Nan de mo mite yaro. The Journal of Japanese Studies, 35(1), 61-86. Abstract
Tillman, L. M. (2009). Don't ask, don't tell: Coming out in an alcoholic family. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 38(6), 677-712. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

Assistant / Associate Professor - Art Education Coordinator (California State University, Long Beach)
Director, Institutional Research (Dallas County Community College District)
Director of Institutional Research and Planning (Chemeketa Community College)
Director of Qualitative Research (Kelton Research)
Director of Research and Evaluation (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)
Qualitative Healthcare Analyst (Medassurant)
Qualitative Researcher (Bay Area Marketing Research Company)
Research Assistant (Urban Institute)
Research Data Analyst (Johns Hopkins University)
Researcher, Qualitative User Experience (AnswerLab)
Social Marketing Research Analyst (Iris Partners)
Web Services Librarian (University of Miami)

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