Once upon a time...Qualitative story completion methods

Clarke, Victoria; Hayfield, Nikki; Moller, Naomi; Tischner, Irmgard; The Story Completion Research Group

Abstract

First paragraph of / introduction to chapter:
This chapter introduces the story completion (SC) method of collecting qualitative data, a novel technique that offers intriguing potential to the qualitative researcher. Since the method is new to qualitative research, it has fewer published research studies than some of the other methods covered in this book. For this reason, the chapter aims not only to provide a description of the method and recommendations for how best to use it, but also to explore some of the unresolved theoretical and practical questions about SC. These questions have been identified by the chapter authors, who comprise the Story Completion Research Group. We are a group of researchers who have come together to share our experience of using and further developing the method. Our view is that SC has the potential to ‘reach the parts that other methods cannot reach’ (Pope & Mays, 1995); it therefore has advantages over and above being enticingly resource-lite in terms of data collection, although that in itself is a sizeable benefit.

• Online Publication Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 19, 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 45-70
• Book Title: Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques
• ISBN: 9781107295094
• Keywords: Psychology Research Methods and Statistics, Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology, Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology, Psychology, Sociology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10258713
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/collecting-qualitative-data/once-upon-a-time/D83F4FAC4DDF94E6C97F01EE7669EA03
• Related Public URLs: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/collecting-qualitative-data/FF8186F212D9C28A1CBFA3C8FFA4FBDD; ; DOI for full book: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107295094
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