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Field Methods is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods, Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Field Methods, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Social and Intergroup Psychology Categorization, perception, and language |
| ISSN | 1525-822X |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.29 |
| h-index | 80 |
| i10-index | 383 |
| Total citations | 59,561 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Michigan |
| Journal website | fmx.sagepub.com |
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Guidelines for determining nonprobabilistic sample sizes are virtually nonexistent. Purposive samples are the most commonly used form of nonprobabilistic sampling, and their size typically relies on the concept of “saturation,” or the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data. Although the idea of saturation is helpful at the conceptual…
Theme identification is one of the most fundamental tasks in qualitative research. It also is one of the most mysterious. Explicit descriptions of theme discovery are rarely found in articles and reports, and when they are, they are often relegated to appendices or footnotes. Techniques are shared among small groups of social scientists, but sharing…
This article discusses some procedural issues related to the mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, which implies collecting and analyzing quantitative and then qualitative data in two consecutive phases within one study. Such issues include deciding on the priority or weight given to the quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis in the study, the sequence of…
Few empirical studies exist to guide researchers in determining the number of focus groups necessary for a research study. The analyses described here provide foundational evidence to help researchers in this regard. We conducted a thematic analysis of 40 focus groups on health-seeking behaviors of African American men in Durham, North Carolina. Our analyses revealed…
This article gives specific steps on how to create a codebook for coding interview data. The authors examine the development of theory- and data-driven codes through the discussion of a professional development (PD) research project. They also discuss how to train others to code using the codebook, including how to establish reliability. The authors end…
