The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) is a dedicated and secure archive for preserving and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research. QDR welcomes deposits of digital data from Fordham researchers at no cost during the 2020-2021 academic year.
QDR hopes to expand and improve the use of qualitative data in the evaluation of social science research, in scholarly production and sharing, and in teaching. By increasing researcher visibility, the repository induces intellectual exchange by making it easy for other scholars to find, use, and cite deposited data.
QDR membership offers a range of guidance, resources and user support services to facilitate and encourage the storing and sharing of data. The repository is hosted by:
Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry at Syracuse University.
Researchers interested in using QDR must first register for an account using a Fordham email address.
Only users who have registered (i.e., have agreed to QDR’s General Terms and Conditions of Use) and logged in can view, explore on-line, and/or download data projects, individual data files, or attendant documentation (e.g., interview protocols or human subjects consent forms) published on QDR.
