Qualitative Data

Consultations and instruction associated with all types of data analysis, including qualitative, quantitative, and text analysis.

Eligibility information is outlined below based on providers with offerings that are available to the entire Harvard community or a specific unit/appointment. 

University-wide

Harvard Library

Data analysis consultations and assistance for faculty and students for humanities and social science research.

Audience

All Harvard Affiliates

Service Provider

Digital Scholarship Support Group

Service Fee

None

Service Website

https://dssg.fas.harvard.edu/initiatives/research/

Contact Information

dssg@fas.harvard.edu

Harvard College Library, Services for Academic Programs

Workshops, consultations, and other guidance on qualitative data analysis methods and software, with a particular emphasis on workshops and consultations for NVivo as well as other QDA software options such as:

  • Taguette
  • Atlas.ti
  • MaxQDA
  • Workshop offerings have included NVivo for Literature Reviews, Importing and Analyzing Social Media Data with NVivo, Text as Data, Comparing QDA Tools, Interviewing Skills, and Preparing for Remote Fieldwork

Audience

All Harvard community; focus on FAS undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty

Service Provider

Harvard College Library, Services for Academic Programs (HC/SAP)

Service Fee

None

Service Website

https://guides.library.harvard.edu/qualitative

Contact Information

Hugh Truslow: truslow@fas.harvard.edu

Unit/Appointment-specific

Harvard Kennedy School

Consultations and/or instruction associated with all types of data analysis, including qualitative, quantitative, and text analysis and education on software for that purpose such as:

  • ArcGIS
  • PolicyMap
  • Social Explorer
  • R
  • NVivo
  • Stata
  • Tableau
  • OpenRefine
  • Inclusive of qualitative data analysis methods and software for HKS students in pursuit of their Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE)

Audience

  • School Faculty
  • Graduate School Fellows
  • School Graduate Students

Service Provider

Harvard Kennedy School Library

Service Fee

None

Service Website

https://guides.library.harvard.edu/hks/data_resources

Contact Information

library_research@hks.harvard.edu