‘Re-Using’ Qualitative Data: On the Merits of an Investigative Epistemology

Jennifer Mason

Sociological Research Online, 2007, vol. 12, issue 3, 39-42

Abstract: This article is written to accompany and respond to the articles that form the special issue of Sociological Research Online on ‘Re-using qualitative data’. It argues that the articles are a welcome contribution, because they help to move the debate beyond moralistic and polarised positions, to demonstrate instead what sociologists can achieve by ‘re-using’ qualitative data. The article argues for an investigative epistemology and investigative practices to guide qualitative data use and ‘re-use’, and suggests that this is particularly important in the current social research climate.

Keywords: Qualitative Research; Re-Using Qualitative Data; Secondary Analysis; Investigative Epistemology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.1507

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