Qualitative Research at BOSR
FY 2023-2024 was a big year for qualitative methods, and BOSR conducted 26 different focus groups and qualitative interviews this year. Qualitative research explores and provides deeper insights into topics, and can be used with or without quantitative data components. Among the projects that used qualitative methods are:
Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy
Focus groups of students in the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy provided information about their experiences in the Academy and strengths and weaknesses of the program and activities.
Double Up Food Bucks
Interviews of grocery store owners elucidated their experience with and thoughts on the Double Up Food Bucks program and determined the impact of the program to best serve customers and grocers.
Overcoming Barriers to Telehealth Among Low-Income Urban Women
Interviews of healthcare providers revealed perspectives on providing pregnancy-related care through telehealth to improve the health of mothers and improve care through telehealth.
National Agricultural Producers Data Cooperative
Interviews and focus groups of specialty crop producers yielded insights into information sources and decision-making processes including production and marketing for farm businesses.
Native Student College Vision Quest
Supplemented a web survey with interviews and focus groups of students in the Native Student College Vision Quest to evaluate the program and understand its impact for future years.
Mid-America Transportation Center Scholars Program
Supplemented web surveys with focus groups of students and to evaluate the program and identify areas for improvement in future years.
Nebraska Medicaid Agency
Interviews and focus groups with stakeholders in the fields of healthcare yielded understandings about social determinants of health.
BOSR transcribed 43 audio files for a total of 46 hours this year. BOSR uses locally-stored technology to automate the transcription process, saving clients time and funds overall. After the automated transcription, BOSR transcriptionists carefully review each file to check for accuracy and ensure high quality transcriptions. BOSR transcriptionists also clean transcripts to add or delete filler words (uh, um) as needed by the client, deidentify files to be consistent with human subjects requirements, and add time stamps as needed. BOSR regularly provides analytic reports of focus groups and interviews for clients who need these services as well.
DID YOU KNOW?
BOSR also offers focus group and qualitative interview training to researchers!