Reuse of qualitative research data - community developments and needs

This document provides a report of the results of a survey conducted at the February 2023 meeting of the Data Stewards Interest Group, which focused on the CaRe&DaRe project. The project team hosted a survey at this meeting to gather input from the qualitative data community on their experiences, challenges, and needs. This will be used to create a guidance document for qualitative researchers and data stewards with the aim of increasing the amount of qualitative data that is well documented and shared for reuse whenever possible, as well as offering options in situations where sharing is less straightforward. 

This report introduces the CaRe&DaRe and follow-up projects that will focus on the reuse of qualitative data, as well as  the Data Stewards Interest Group and the role of DANS. Next, this document presents the results from the survey DANS held during the meeting to gather community input. The report finishes with some details on the next steps for DANS in this project and the envisioned guidance to be produced and shared.

Next to the report, the raw and analysed Mentimeter data are also attached. The analysed data showcases the categorisation of the answers respondents gave to the open questions and the subsequent production of Figures 4-6 in the report.