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4 - Hypothetically Speaking

Using Vignettes as a Stand-Alone Qualitative Method

from Part I - Textual Data Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

By
Debra Gray ,
Bronwen Royall  and
Helen Malson
Edited by
Virginia Braun ,
Victoria Clarke  and
Debra Gray
Virginia Braun
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Victoria Clarke
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Debra Gray
Affiliation:
University of Winchester
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Collecting Qualitative Data
A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques
 , pp. 45 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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Further Resources: Online

The companion website for Braun and Clarke’s (2013) Successful Qualitative Research: A practical guide for beginners provides an introduction to the vignette method and examples of research materials for a vignette task on transparenting: www.uk.sagepub.com/braunandclarke/study/additional.htm

Further Resources: Readings

For a good overview of the use of vignettes in social research, including some of the more general theoretical and practical issues with conducting vignette research, see Hughes, R. (1998). Considering the vignette technique and its application to a study of drug injecting and HIV risk and safer behaviour. Sociology of Health & Illness, 20(3), 381–400;Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
For an example of vignette research with children and in conjunction with an interview method, see Barter, C. and Renold, E. (2000) ‘I wanna tell you a story’: Exploring the application of vignettes in qualitative research with children and young people. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 3(4), 307–323.Google Scholar
For an example of vignette research that used a news story format in conjunction with an interview method, see Gray, D., Delany, A. and Durrheim, K. (2005). Talking to ‘real’ South Africans: An investigation of the dilemmatic nature of nationalism. South African Journal of Psychology, 35(1), 127–146.Google Scholar
For an example of using visual data in vignette research, see Morrison, T. L. (2015). Using visual vignettes: My learning to date. The Qualitative Report, 20(4), 359–375.Google Scholar

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