Mannheimer S. Scaling Up: How Data Curation Can Help Address Key Issues in Qualitative Data Reuse and Big Social Research

Springer, 2024. — 146 p.This book explores the connections between qualitative data reuse, big social research, and data curation. A review of existing literature identifies the key issues of context, data quality and trustworthiness, data comparability, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, and intellectual property and data ownership. Through interviews with qualitative researchers, big social researchers, and data curators, the author further examines each key issue and produces new insights about how domain differences affect each community of practice’s viewpoints, different strategies that researchers and curators use to ensure responsible practice, and different perspectives on data curation. The book suggests that encouraging connections between qualitative researchers, big social researchers, and data curators can support responsible scaling up of social research, thus enhancing discoveries in social and behavioral science.Theoretical Approach, Methods, and Definitions.
Qualitative Data Reuse in Practice.
Big Social Research in Practice.
Comparison of Issues and Data Curation Strategies.
Researchers and Data Curators Respond to Key Issues.
Insights from Interviews with Researchers and Curators.
Scaling Up Responsibly: Connecting Communities of Practice.