Qualitative Research

Quantitative research can give you good indications as WHO holds certain attitudes. But if you want to understand more specifically what people think, and why they hold certain attitudes, you will need to engage into qualitative research

The MAP tells us it’s more important to understand how people think than to understand their level of support for your issue. You need to research into how they talk about your issue. What metaphors and patterns of reasoning they use. What connections they form to other issues. What language or words trigger defensive reactions and seek any clues rom what’s omitted and moments of inconsistency.

Knowing how many people in a selected group would be opposed to having an LGB and/or T neighbor might be useful to identify what target group to work on, or to perceive the importance of a certain stigma over others – for example if people respond favorably to equal rights in general, but very negatively to parenting rights, but they provide little insights into why people think this way.

That’s why for campaigners, it’s often understanding the why that will enable us to change attitudes and behaviours.

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For example, traditional phone surveys typically found that the economy and national security are a few of “the most important problems facing America today.” However, deeper probing found that the real issues people worry about are much more personal.

They include “the disintegration of morality in society,” “the breakup of the family,” and “the declining quality of life.”

These three worries appear to explain the fundamental motivation of more than 80% of Americans, though only 2% to 3% of telephone survey respondents identify them directly. »

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Interaction

In the context of your campaign (either the one you are conducting or a campaign that you’re thinking of doing), what would be the main qualitative questions that you would like to investigate?

In other words, what are the most burning questions that you have concerning your target group and their attitudes towards sexual and gender diversities?

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