Jess Weisser

Jess Weisser is an award-winning academic who leads on customer support at Quirkos Software, using their 8 years of experience in academia and qualitative research to assist other scholars.

📍 Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Quirkos Unwrapped 2024: A fantastic year in research!

2024 has been a very productive year indeed. Our Web app and transcription service has grown and improved, and has now incorporated some of the most requested features from users. We launched our free course on qualitative research and refreshed our manual to make it clearer and reflect the many

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Beyond methodology: What is post qualitative inquiry?

Qualitative research often follows a linear process, particularly if you only look at the output at the end. Most qualitative papers follow the same structure of 'introduction, method, results, conclusion'. But the research process is often messier and less linear than this would imply (we provide an example

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Beyond coding: using qualitative software in a post qualitative way

This post is part 2 of a two-part blog on post qualitative inquiry. If you want to know more about the post qualitative, visit our first post here. Is post qualitative inquiry incompatible with qualitative data analysis software? Most computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) is designed for coding

Applying feminist theory to qualitative research: intersectionality, reflexivity and social justice

Knowing a range of theoretical frameworks can help you examine your qualitative data through a new lens. So, I invite you to keep reading even if you don't consider yourself a 'feminist researcher'. This post will talk about some important concepts in feminist research and how

Quirkos Unwrapped 2023: An Amazing Year in Qualitative Research!

Our users have had some fantastic achievements this year. Just from Google Scholar alone, in 2023 they completed and published approximately 20 monographs and book chapters, 170 journal articles and 180 doctoral and master's theses...

process

Researching apart, together: the power of working in tandem

I want to explain why I think this form of social co-working can be so helpful for work and research.

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Quirkos 2022 Unwrapped: A Year in Research!

This year, there were at least 180 scholarly papers and monographs, and 140 postgraduate theses, which cited Quirkos

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How to actually start your qualitative analysis

Some practical solutions you can use to help break through the initial overwhelm of having a lot of qualitative data to analyse, and get close to your data in record time.

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When do you have enough data to start your analysis?

The more data you have, the less likely it is you'll have the time to analyse all of it, especially with looming university deadlines in mind.

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The Animal Crossing villagers have self-esteem issues, and here's why: A qualitative investigation

Compared with the GameCube version I enjoyed so much growing up, the New Horizons villagers seem less ‘genuine’. How does that balance affect your relationship with the characters? To find out, I completed some qualitative analysis.