The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR): a Panel presentation with Dessi Kirilova, James McNally, and Merril Silverstein

Friday, 12/03/2021, 12:00 pm.   ARCHIVED EVENT

Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) at Syracuse University presents a panel presentation – Dessi Kirilova, James McNally (MiCDA), and Merril Silverstein (CAPS), on the The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR).

The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR, www.qdr.org) is an archive dedicated to qualitative data and data underlying multi-method inquiry. QDR is the only repository of its kind in the US – dedicated specifically to curating and archiving qualitative data and attuned to the requirements and concerns of qualitative researchers, their materials and sources. The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)  is housed at the University of Michigan and contains over 1500 studies related to health and aging.

Dessi Kirilova is a fellow at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs and the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods at Syracuse University. James McNally is the Director of the NACDA Program on Aging and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. Merril Silverstein is a Professor of Sociology and Human Development and Family Science and the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging at Syracuse University.

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