Glass Develops a Qualitative Framework for Operationalizing Respondent Sampling (Q-FORS)
Posted: 1/8/2026 (CSDE Research)
CSDE external affiliate and former CSDE T32 Fellow Delaney Glass (University of Toronto) and co-authors developed a Qualitative Framework for Operationalizing Respondent Sampling (Q-FORS), featured in Social Science and Medicine. Q-FORS focuses on data adequacy as the pivotal concept for determining a qualitative sample, especially with interviews and focus groups. It is a practical framework applicable across the spectrum of the research life cycle—from proposal writing and data collection to reporting—and is geared towards any researchers using qualitive methods, especially those publishing in medical and health related journals. The authors discuss the utility of this approach by providing two hypothetical case examples based on real-life studies being carried out by the co-authors.