The State of Incentives in Qualitative Research Across Disciplines: A Methodological Review Study

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Abstract

Scholars use incentives in research to attract committed participants, capture hard-to-reach or more mobile populations, reach significant representative sampling of the overall population, and fairly compensate participants in return for their time, expertise, opinions or feedback. However, there is no guidance on incentivizing participants in qualitative research. We undertook a methodological review of empirical qualitative research studies and examined 684 articles that met our inclusion criteria. The results show that incentive amounts in qualitative studies in health sciences are higher than the fields of education and social sciences. This study contributes to the literature on qualitative research by providing information about patterns in the use of incentives across disciplines in the context of the United States.

Authors

• Sinem Toraman Turk, Yale University
  Presenting Author

• Murat Turk, Amazon
  Presenting Author

• Sergi Fàbregues2
  Non-Presenting Author

• Selda Dudu
  Non-Presenting Author

• Fatih Ozkan, Baylor University
  Non-Presenting Author