Managing and Sharing Research Data: A Guide to Good Practice
Second Edition
Case Studies
Maintaining the balance between confidentiality and usefulness of the data
Case study describing the challenge of anonymizing qualitative data and keeping the data useful. The research team members revised the interview transcripts and removed identifying data such as names, places of work, and geographic areas. This was a time-consuming process.
- What is the advantage if planning anonymization of qualitative data before the research starts?