Resources

The following resources will help you learn more about QE.

Suggested Readings

Shaffer, D. W. (2017). Quantitative ethnography. Madison, WI: Cathcart Press.

This book is an introduction into the field of Quantitative Ethnography and covers, among others:

  • Integration of quantitative and qualitative research methods
  • Taxonomy of observations (thick and thin descriptions)
  • Issues related to data collection, coding, segmentation and modeling
  • The rationale behind Epistemic Network Analysis
Irgens, G. A., & Eagan, B. (2023). The Foundations and Fundamentals of Quantitative Ethnography. In International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography. Springer, Cham.

This paper outlines 10 steps in the iterative QE modeling pathway and 5 main practices in a QE analysis.

Bressler, D. M., Bodzin, A. M., Eagan, B. & Tabatabai, S. (2019). Using epistemic network analysis to examine discourse and scientific practice during a collaborative game. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 28(5), 553-566.

This paper is an example of a QE analysis of middle school STEM learning.

Shaffer D.W., Ruis A.R. (2021). How we code. In Ruis, A.R. & Lee, S.B. (Eds.), Advances in Quantitative Ethnography: Second International Conference, ICQE 2020, Malibu, CA, USA, February 1-3, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 62-77). Springer.

This paper offers an overview of qualitative coding in a QE framework.

Hod, Y., Katz, S., & Eagan, B. (2020). Refining qualitative ethnographies using epistemic network analysis: A study of socioemotional learning dimensions in a humanistic knowledge building community. Computers & Education, 156.

This paper provides an example of the benefits of conducting a QE analysis on data from a previous qualitative or ethnographic study.

Csanadi, A., Eagan, B., Shaffer, D. W., Kollar, I., & Fischer, F. (2018). When coding-and-counting is not enough: Using epistemic network analysis (ENA) to analyze verbal data in CSCL research. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 13(4), 419-438.

This article demonstrates the benefits of using ENA compared to more traditional methods of assessing learning.

The QE Zotero Library

The QE Zotero library (https://bit.ly/3MBZdTV) provides a comprehensive bibilography of publications that use QE methods or practices.