Learning

Learn story-based research, with participants interpreting their own experiences. Start with Designing Sensemaking Studies (Reinhard and Reddy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).

Articles

• Does a low survey response rate mean the results are biased?Response rate, nonresponse, and who a single channel misses.
• What changes when participants interpret their own stories?Self-interpretation, member checking, and where researcher judgement moves.
• What do ethics boards and privacy reviewers ask about story-based studies?Consent, identifiability, retention, and vendor review.
• How do you write a story prompt that invites experience rather than opinion?Ask about a moment that already happened.
• How small can a group be before you stop reporting it separately?Thresholds, combinations, and rare details.
• Does qualitative evidence count in evidence-based budgeting?Where stories fit, and where an impact study is still required.

Also in this section

• GlossaryParticipant-interpreted research, signifier, story prompt, pattern, and related terms.
• How the method worksTriads, compositional data, and why participants place their own stories.
• Case storiesOur Tomorrows, Queen’s University with IOM, and the BC tribunal, including limits.