KWALON - Volume 16, Issue 2, 2011

Editorial Editorial This editorial offers an introduction to the current issue.

Methods and techniques in qualitative research Methods and techniques in qualitative research Qualitative market research has evolved into a serious and respected profession. This article gives an overview of the methods and techniques used in contemporary market research and when and why these techniques are applied.

Reply Reply This contribution is a reply on the article ‘Methoden en technieken in kwalitatief onderzoek’, written by Judith van Male. Andriessen recognises the practise driven reality of the qualitative market researcher in which applicability of results is leading. In addition he suggests a way to incorporate science based knowledge into practice driven qualitative research.

Reply Reply Qualitative market research has evolved into a serious and respected profession. This article is a reply on a comment to her article by Daan Andriessen.

Qualitative research in teststudios Qualitative research in teststudios With respect to qualitative research teststudios are often preferred. In this article, criteria for an optimal teststudio are presented, respectively from the perspective of the respondents, the researcher and the client. It is argued that an optimal environment in teststudios contributes to more and better research data.

Trust in citizens’ outlooks Trust in citizens’ outlooks Since 2008 the Netherlands Institute for Social Research | SCP conducts the Citizens’ Outlooks Barometer (COB), which explores current trends in public opinion in the Netherlands. In the COB quantitative and qualitative research methods are combined to signal trends and new issues, to explain group differences, and to investigate the feelings and arguments behind public con Read More

Alert4you: monitoring study on the practice of collaboration between childcare and youth care Alert4you: monitoring study on the practice of collaboration between childcare and youth care This article describes the monitor of the project Alert4you, conducted by the Netherlands Youth Institute. The project Alert4you is a collaboration between youth care and children’s day care. The project’s objective is earlier detection Read More

The value of qualitative strategies for practice-oriented research The value of qualitative strategies for practice-oriented research Mainstream methodology for quantitative and experimental research can’t come up to many demands of practice-oriented research. Qualitative research strategies often offer very good opportunities as to the accessibility of the object of practice-oriented research and to the utility of its re Read More

Reply Reply This contribution is a reply on the article ‘De waarde van kwalitatieve strategieën voor het praktijkgericht onderzoek’, written by Piet J.M. Verschuren. Using the concepts of framing, indolence, dialogue and polyphonic causality Kuiper and Houweling aim at enriching the discourse of causality perceptions in qualitative research presented by Verschuren.

Reply Reply This contribution is a reply to the reaction of Chris Kuiper and Loes Houweling on the article ‘De waarde van kwalitatieve strategieën voor het praktijkgericht onderzoek’, written by Piet J.M. Verschuren.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Using biographical methods in social research by B. Merrill and L. West.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Wat is onderzoek? Praktijkboek methoden en technieken voor het hoger onderwijs by N. Verhoeven.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Research methodology; A step-by-step guide for beginners by R. Kumar.

In memoriam In memoriam In memoriam prof. dr. Ilja Maso.

News News The section News gives an overview of current events.