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Philip Adebahr; Sylvia Keim-Klärner; André Knabe; Andreas Klärner – Field Methods, 2025
In a mixed-methods study on poverty in Germany, we conducted qualitative interviews and collected quantitative data on ego-centered networks using a name-generator approach and a single set of respondents. Based on the qualitative data, we first developed a typology of negative ties and then evaluated which of these ties the name generator (on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Adults, Community Centers
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Benítez, Isabel; Padilla, José Luis; van de Vijver, Fons; Cuevas, Amaya – Field Methods, 2018
This study illustrates how the cognitive interviewing (CI) method can provide qualitative evidence of item, construct, and method bias in cross-cultural research. CI was conducted with participants from the Netherlands and Spain, who responded to quality-of-life (QoL) items included in international survey research projects. Qualitative findings…
Descriptors: Interviews, Research Methodology, Cross Cultural Studies, Bias
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Garvey, Rick; Pedersen, Eric R.; D'Amico, Elizabeth J.; Ewing, Brett A.; Tucker, Joan S. – Field Methods, 2018
Conducting intervention studies with homeless populations can be difficult, particularly in terms of retaining participants across multiple sessions and locating them for subsequent follow-up assessments. Homeless youth are even more challenging to engage due to substance use, mental health problems, wariness of authority figures, and frequent…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Youth, Youth Problems, Substance Abuse