Vignettes may be used for three main purposes in social research: to allow actions in context to be explored; to clarify people’s judgements; and to provide a less personal and therefore less threatening way of exploring sensitive topics. In qualitative research, vignettes enable participants to define the situation in their own terms. A number of guidelines on how to use vignettes effectively can be distilled from the literature and these are listed and explained in this Update.
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Barter, C., & Renold, E. (1999). The Use of Vignettes in Qualitative Research. Social Research Update, (25), 1–6. Retrieved from http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU25.html%5CnAccessed:26/06/2012
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