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Browse our Data Archive to discover recent qualitative research that has been conducted in Ireland, or to add a catalogue record about your own qualitative research.
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Access Our Data and find out about the qualitative data we are are currently archiving.
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Deposit your data with the IQDA or add a record about your research to IQDA catalogue. Advice on preparing your data for archiving is available here, including advice on consent, anonymising, and the technology and formats that are best for archiving. The IQDA Best Practice Handbook in Archiving Qualitative Data is available for download here.
TEACHING QUALITATIVE METHODS
Download our teaching resources for qualitative methods. Qualitative data archives are a valuable teaching resource, whether to provide examples of topics, illustrate themes or demonstrate how qualitative research is conducted in the field. Junior researchers can learn by listening to the examples provided in qualitative archives.
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Should you require quantitative social science data, please see the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA). The ISSDA holds an ever-increasing quantity of machine-readable data from surveys and official statistics (such as the Census) and makes them readily available to academic and non-profit researchers.
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IQDA EDUCATION RESOURCES
Collection of audio and visual material covering a series of sociological topics. The IQDA Learning Resources work as a self-guided learning tool for students.
Collection of audio clips that educators can use in the classroom. Educators can also apply to the IQDA for access to transcripts for teaching purposes.
IQDA RESEARCH RESOURCES
Collection of resources for researchers preparing to deposit qualitative data, and conducting secondary analysis on qualitative data.
Best Practice Handbook
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