Fostering cultures of open qualitative research: Dataset 1 – Survey Responses

This dataset was created and deposited onto the University of Sheffield Online Research Data repository (ORDA) on 23-Jun-2023 by Dr. Matthew S. Hanchard, Research Associate at the University of Sheffield iHuman Institute. 

The dataset forms part of three outputs from a project titled ‘Fostering cultures of open qualitative research’ which ran from January 2023 to June 2023:

· Fostering cultures of open qualitative research: Dataset 1 – Survey Responses
· Fostering cultures of open qualitative research: Dataset 2 – Interview Transcripts
· Fostering cultures of open qualitative research: Dataset 3 – Coding Book

The project was funded with £13,913.85 Research England monies held internally by the University of Sheffield - as part of their ‘Enhancing Research Cultures’ scheme 2022-2023. 

The dataset aligns with ethical approval granted by the University of Sheffield School of Sociological Studies Research Ethics Committee (ref: 051118) on 23-Jan-2021.This includes due concern for participant anonymity and data management. 

ORDA has full permission to store this dataset and to make it open access for public re-use on the basis that no commercial gain will be made form reuse. It has been deposited under a CC-BY-NC license. 

This dataset comprises one spreadsheet with N=91 anonymised survey responses .xslx format. It includes all responses to the project survey which used Google Forms between 06-Feb-2023 and 30-May-2023. The spreadsheet can be opened with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheet, or open-source equivalents. 

The survey responses include a random sample of researchers worldwide undertaking qualitative, mixed-methods, or multi-modal research. 

The recruitment of respondents was initially purposive, aiming to gather responses from qualitative researchers at research-intensive (targetted Russell Group) Universities. This involved speculative emails and a call for participant on the University of Sheffield ‘Qualitative Open Research Network’ mailing list. As result, the responses include a snowball sample of scholars from elsewhere.

The spreadsheet has two tabs/sheets: one labelled ‘SurveyResponses’ contains the anonymised and tidied set of survey responses; the other, labelled ‘VariableMapping’, sets out each field/column in the ‘SurveyResponses’ tab/sheet against the original survey questions and responses it relates to. 

The survey responses tab/sheet includes a field/column labelled ‘RespondentID’ (using randomly generated 16-digit alphanumeric keys) which can be used to connect survey responses to interview participants in the accompanying ‘Fostering cultures of open qualitative research: Dataset 2 – Interview transcripts’ files. 

A set of survey questions gathering eligibility criteria detail and consent are not listed with in this dataset, as below. All responses provide in the dataset gained a ‘Yes’ response to all the below questions (with the exception of one question, marked with an asterisk (*) below):

· I am aged 18 or over
· I have read the information and consent statement and above. 
· I understand how to ask questions and/or raise a query or concern about the survey. 
· I agree to take part in the research and for my responses to be part of an open access dataset. These will be anonymised unless I specifically ask to be named.
· I understand that my participation does not create a legally binding agreement or employment relationship with the University of Sheffield
· I understand that I can withdraw from the research at any time.
· I assign the copyright I hold in materials generated as part of this project to The University of Sheffield.
· * I am happy to be contacted after the survey to take part in an interview.

The project was undertaken by two staff:
Co-investigator:
Dr. Itzel San Roman Pineda
ORCiD ID: 0000-0002-3785-8057
[e-mail]

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Principal Investigator (corresponding dataset author):
Dr. Matthew Hanchard
ORCiD ID: 0000-0003-2460-8638
[e-mail]
Research Associate
iHuman Institute, Social Research Institutes, Faculty of Social Science

此数据集由谢菲尔德大学iHuman研究所的研究助理Matthew S. Hanchard博士于2023年6月23日创建并上传至谢菲尔德大学在线研究数据存储库（ORDA）。该数据集是‘培育开放定性研究文化’项目三项成果之一，该项目自2023年1月至6月运行。具体而言，该项目包括以下三个数据集：

· 培育开放定性研究文化：数据集1 – 问卷调查回应
· 培育开放定性研究文化：数据集2 – 访谈记录
· 培育开放定性研究文化：数据集3 – 编码手册

项目资金由谢菲尔德大学内部持有的研究英格兰基金资助，金额为13,913.85英镑，作为其2022-2023年‘提升研究文化’计划的一部分。该数据集符合谢菲尔德大学社会学学院研究伦理委员会于2021年1月23日批准的伦理审查（编号：051118），对参与者的匿名性和数据管理给予充分关注。

ORDA拥有完全权限存储此数据集，并基于不得从重复使用中获取商业利益的前提，将其开放给公众。该数据集已存档于CC-BY-NC许可下。

本数据集包含一份包含N=91份匿名调查回应的电子表格.xslx格式。它包括了自2023年2月6日至5月30日期间使用Google Forms进行的项目调查的所有回应。该电子表格可以使用Microsoft Excel、Google Sheet或开源等软件打开。

调查回应包括来自全球的进行定性、混合方法或多模态研究的随机样本研究人员的回应。

受访者的招募最初是有意识的，旨在收集来自研究密集型（目标为罗素集团大学）的定性研究人员的回应。这涉及推测性电子邮件和对谢菲尔德大学‘定性开放研究网络’邮件列表上的参与者的呼吁。因此，回应还包括来自其他地方的学者的滚雪球样本。

电子表格包含两个标签/工作表：一个标签为‘SurveyResponses’，包含匿名和整理过的调查回应集；另一个标签为‘VariableMapping’，列出‘SurveyResponses’标签/工作表中的每个字段/列与原始调查问题及其相关的回应。

调查回应标签/工作表包含一个标记为‘RespondentID’的字段/列（使用随机生成的16位字母数字键），可用于将调查回应与伴随的‘培育开放定性研究文化：数据集2 – 访谈记录’文件中的访谈参与者相连接。

一组收集资格标准详情和同意的调查问题未列入此数据集中，如下所示。数据集中的所有回应均对以下所有问题（除以下标记有星号(*)的问题外）提供了肯定的回答：“

· 我年满18岁或以上
· 我已阅读并同意上述信息与同意声明
· 我了解如何提问以及/或提出关于调查的查询或关切。
· 我同意参与研究，并使我的回应成为公开访问数据集的一部分。除非我特别要求，否则这些回应将保持匿名。
· 我了解我的参与不会与谢菲尔德大学产生具有法律约束力的协议或雇佣关系。
· 我了解我可以在任何时候退出研究。
· 我将本项目生成材料中拥有的版权授予谢菲尔德大学。

* 我愿意在调查后接受联系，以参与访谈。

本项目由两位工作人员共同完成：

共同研究员：Dr. Itzel San Roman Pineda
ORCiD ID：0000-0002-3785-8057
[e-mail]

博士后研究助理
主要研究员（对应数据集作者）：Dr. Matthew Hanchard
ORCiD ID：0000-0003-2460-8638
[e-mail]
研究助理
iHuman研究所，社会科学院社会研究学院