B3529 - Exploring the text data provided by participants completing the COVID Q - 07/05/2020

B number: 
B3529
Principal applicant name: 
Kate Northstone | University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Katrina Turner, Dr Lucy Biddle
Title of project: 
Exploring the text data provided by participants completing the COVID Q
Proposal summary: 

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a questionnaire was put together and sent out to ALSPAC participants. A number of free text responses have been collected as part of that questionnaire and that data will be immensely valuable in understanding the circumstances of the participants during the pandemic. We plan to code this data in order to make the data usable in quantitative analyses and explore recurring themes in this additional data.

Impact of research: 
The text data is telling us additional stories that we are not obtaining from the questionnaire tick box data alone. It is therefore vital it is taken into account as best we can to inform analyses undertaken using the data.
Date proposal received: 
Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
Date proposal approved: 
Thursday, 7 May, 2020
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, Mental health, Qualitative study