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A Case Study about Anonymization and Secondary Use of Qualitative Data

What is this about?

This case study describes how secondary qualitative data can be used and how the data can be anonymized. One issue arising from anonymisation of qualitative data is losing important contextual information. Ethical, practical and theoretical questions emerge when delving into the issue of anonymization of qualitative data for secondary use. In addition, the study describes some strengths and weaknesses of anonymization policies.

Why is this important?

The four central questions the researchers pose in the study are:

"What are the alternatives to anonymization?"
"What is anonymization, in the context of secondary use of qualitative data?"
"How can researchers best anonymize qualitative data for secondary use?"
"What is enough anonymization?"

For whom is this important?

All stakeholders in researchPhD studentsJunior researchersSupervisorsAdministrators

Other information

When

2005

Where

Canada

Virtues & Values

Good Practices & Misconduct

Research Area

Health sciences

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-|Title=A Case Study of Secondary Use of Qualitative Data
+|Title=A Case Study about Anonymization and Secondary Use of Qualitative Data
-|Is About=This article presents a fictional case study of working with anonymized data on the research project, ''Knowledge Utilization and Policy Implementation'', a five-year program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This project involves the secondary use of qualitative data sets from multiple separate research projects across Canada. Based on this case study,  useful recommendations that address some of the central questions of anonymization and consider the strengths and weaknesses of the anonymization process are provided<ref>Thomson, Denise, et al. "Central questions of anonymization: A case study of secondary use of qualitative data." ''Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research''. Vol. 6. No. 1. 2005.</ref>.
+|Is About=This case study describes how secondary qualitative data can be used and how the data can be anonymized. One issue arising from anonymisation of qualitative data is losing important contextual information. Ethical, practical and theoretical questions emerge when delving into the issue of anonymization of qualitative data for secondary use. In addition, the study describes some strengths and weaknesses of  anonymization policies.
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-|Important Because=Anonymization—the removal of identifying information from data—is one way of preparing data for secondary use. This process has not received much attention from scholars, but close examination shows that it is full of methodological, ethical and theoretical tensions. Qualitative research focuses on how people live and act in very particular, situated contexts. Removing identifying information also, inevitably, removes contextual information that has potential value to the researcher<ref>Thomson, Denise, et al. "Central questions of anonymization: A case study of secondary use of qualitative data." ''Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research''. Vol. 6. No. 1. 2005.</ref>.
+|Important Because=The four central questions the researchers pose in the study are:
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+* "What are the alternatives to anonymization?"
+* "What is anonymization, in the context of secondary use of qualitative data?"
+* "How can researchers best anonymize qualitative data for secondary use?"
+* "What is ''enough'' anonymization?"
+|Important For=All stakeholders in research; PhD students; Junior researchers; Supervisors; Administrators
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