QDR Data for Teaching

As part of its mission, QDR promotes the pedagogical use of published qualitative and multi-method data projects. Shared qualitative data can play a crucial role for both substantive and methods teaching. Below is a non-exhaustive list of projects we want to highlight as being particularly well-suited for secondary uses by undergraduate and graduate students. They all

Allow unrestricted access to data after registration
Are well documented so data are understandable
Are rich in content to allow deep engagement and the pursuit of a variety of questions
Are mostly in English for widest usability.

The projects are listed by data type and include a short description. For additional details, simply click through to the project page in our data catalog.

If you use any of these data projects in your class, we’d love to hear about it: please email us at qdr@syr.edu.

Recent Additions

Arney, Jennifer; Bertone, Andrea M.. 2023. "Data for: Synthesis of Findings from the Literature and a Qualitative Research Study on the Impacts of Gender, Disability, and Ethnicity in Neglected Tropical Diseases Programs". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6QXN205. QDR Main Collection. V2

Cataldo, Tara; Buhler, Amy; Faniel, Ixchel; Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; Valenza, Joyce Kasman; Brannon, Brittany; Putnam, Samuel; Graff, Randy; Elrod, Rachael; Cyr, Christopher; Towler, Christine; Hood, Erin; Fowler, Robin; Howland, Summer; Langer, Kailey; Kirlew, Shakiyl. 2023. "Researching Students' Information Choices (RSIC): Determining Identity and Judging Credibility in Digital Spaces". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6JO85O4. QDR Main Collection. V1

Dion, Haley; Choi, Hanul; Huang, Michelle; Sathyan, Laya; Makhulo, Breandan; Huchko, Megan. 2023. "Data for: Evaluation of Video-Assisted HPV Education in Government-Supported Clinics in Western Kenya". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6ING0AD. QDR Main Collection. V1

Lambert, Catherine. 2024. "Data for: A Comparative Case Study of Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Interacting Imaginaries of Place and Energy in Renewable Energy Transitions". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6JDKEU0. QDR Main Collection. V1

Steinberg, Beth; Mulugeta, Yulia; Quatman-Yates, Catherine; Williams, Maeghan; Gogineni, Anvitha; Klatt, Maryanna. 2024. "Data for: Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Mindfulness in Motion for Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Providers". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F68TOJJY. QDR Main Collection. V1

Furlong, Darcy E.; Romero, Anna; Helström, Kirstin; Lester, Jessica Nina; Karcher, Sebastian. 2025. "Data for: Teaching with Shared Data for Learning Qualitative Data Analysis: A Multi-Sited Case Study of Instructor and Student Experiences". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6XZV8BZ. QDR Main Collection. V1

Mahr, Dana. 2025. "Data for: Data Diaries: Self-Reported Chronicles on Online Health Platforms and the Challenges for Technology Assessment". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6JDLVAL. QDR Main Collection. V1

Information / Library Science

Mannheimer, Sara. 2023. "Interviews regarding data curation for qualitative data reuse and big social research". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6GWMU4O. QDR Main Collection. V1

Steeves, Vicky; Nguyen, Sarah. 2020. "Investigating and Archiving the Scholarly Git Experience". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6VOIB8H. QDR Main Collection. V1

Public Health / General Medical

Chukwuma, Adanna. 2017. "A qualitative study of perspectives on postnatal care referrals by Traditional Birth Attendants in Ebonyi State, Nigeria". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F67H1GGS. QDR Main Collection. V1

Matima, Rangarirai; Murphy, Katherine; Levitt, Naomi S.; BeLue, Rhonda; Oni, Tolu. 2018. "A qualitative study on the experiences and perspectives of public sector patients in Cape Town in managing the workload of demands of HIV and type 2 diabetes multimorbidity". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6CE5MRF. QDR Main Collection. V1

Harrison, Krista. 2021. "Advance Care Planning in Hospice Organizations: A Qualitative Pilot Study". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6YMWPUX. Palliative Care Research Cooperative QDR-EOLPC . V1

Awasthi, Kiran. 2022. "Data for: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions towards Malaria Prevention among People Living in Rural Upper River Valleys of Nepal". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6WMOBYB. QDR Main Collection. V1

Valand, Ida Ulrikke. 2022. "Data for "It is really just brilliant to get credits for something that is so important to you!" Skills for Life: University students' perceptions of a planned dietary life skills course". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6TSKFFN. QDR Main Collection. V1

Focus Groups Data

(some also in the thematic categories above)

Shuman, Andrew. 2021. "Data for: Drug Shortage Management: A Qualitative Assessment of a Collaborative Approach". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6AGWUJG. QDR Main Collection. V1

Joarder, Taufique. 2017. "Understanding and measuring responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6P55KNC. QDR Main Collection. V1
(Some of the data files only are from focus groups)

Patnaik, Hannah. 2020. "Gender and participation in community based development: Evidence from the Decentralized Climate Funds program in Senegal". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6HTXF0H. QDR Main Collection. V1
(One focus group for each of the three study sites)

Jones, Kristal. 2020. "Seed systems in West Africa". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6URYY1I. QDR Main Collection. V1
(Some of the data files only are from focus groups)

Fosher, Kerry. 2020. "Marine Corps Staff Noncommissioned Officer Enlisted Education Project". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6AHDRFQ. QDR Main Collection. V1
(Some of the data files only are from focus groups)

Steeves, Vicky; Nguyen, Sarah. 2020. "Investigating and Archiving the Scholarly Git Experience". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6VOIB8H. QDR Main Collection. V1

Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (Research Transparency)

Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) is an approach to transparency in qualitative research developed by QDR and based on Andrew Moravcsik’s earlier work on active citations. ATI projects are ideal to give students a look at authors’ use of evidence (see e.g. our blogpost on Robert Adcock’s lesson on historical methods using ATI). QDR has a growing number of articles from various disciplines; here some examples:

Musgrave, Paul. 2018. "Data for: Defending hierarchy from the Moon to the Indian Ocean: Symbolic capital and political dominance in early modern China and the Cold War". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6NNOI5C.

The ATI annotations in this historical piece provide in-depth information mainly on the use of secondary sources.

O'Mahoney, Joseph. 2018. "Data for: Making the real: Rhetorical adduction and the Bangladesh Liberation War". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6M2H9VQ.

O’Mahoney relies heavily on archival material in his case study and details its use (and makes available the primary sources) through his annotations.

Saunders, Elizabeth. 2015. "Data for: “John F. Kennedy,” in: Leaders at war: How presidents shape military interventions". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F68G8HMM

Saunders provides access to and excerpts from the primary materials used in her chapter on the evolution of JFK’s foreign policy views.

Large Corpora (e.g. for Automated Analysis)

A small subset of QDR’s collections has large data in formats that allow for easy machine readability and “text as data” analyses.

Elkins, Zachary; Ginsburg, Tom; Melton, James. 2018. "Constitute: Constitutional text for scholars and drafters". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6TD9V7G

The English text of more than 200 constitutions, coded based on a standardized ontology and available as linked data XML (.nt) files.

Goertz, Gary; Powers, Kathy. 2019. "Data for: Regional governance: The evolution of a new institutional form". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6UHXBNH

The text of several thousand agreements underlying regional economic institutions available in plain text (.txt) or PDF format.