Reflections on Design and Implementation

Sophie Duchesne (1) , Elizabeth Frazer (2) , André-Paul Frognier (3) , Guillaume Garcia (4) , Florence Haegel (5) , Virginie van Ingelgom (6)

1 ISP - Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique
2 Department of Politics and International Relations
3 CEPOL - Centre de Sciences Politiques et Politique Comparée
4 CDSP - Centre de données socio-politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS)
5 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)
6 Sciences politiques

Generally speaking, we believe that the scientific character of social research mainly depends on the reflexivity involved in the research design and its implementation. So, we have decided to dedicate a whole chapter to methodological issues. More particularly, we aim to discuss, and we hope to cast light on, a recurring difficulty of cross-national qualitative methodology: the comparability of the data on which the analysis is based.

Keywords: Focus Group European Union Multiple Correspondence Analysis Conduct Focus Group Interpretive Analysis

Domains: Methods and statistics; Political science; Sociology

Sophie Duchesne, Elizabeth Frazer, André-Paul Frognier, Guillaume Garcia, Florence Haegel, et al.. Reflections on Design and Implementation. Citizens' Reactions to European Integration Compared : Overlooking Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.160-195, 2013, 9780230354340. ⟨hal-02371178⟩