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This Open Space section presents exemplars of qualitative secondary analysis in practice along with discussion of the challenges of, and strategies for, conducting such analysis. The articles share an historical as well as sociological dimension in their focus. Two of them centre on aspects of change in familial and intergenerational relationships, and the wider societal contexts in which these are shaped. Throughout, the articles examine questions of secondary analytic method alongside substantive and conceptual puzzles.

AbstractThrough quantitative and qualitative analyses of program evaluations, the Project on Secondary Analysis, Northwestern University, seeks to advance understanding of program effects and improve evaluation methodology.

Old sample surveys from the developing areas can be used for a number of purposes not adequately discussed in the soc sci literature. Examples from field res conducted on the Turkish bur'cy were used to describe the possibilities for secondary analysis. It was suggested that longitudinal survey res might be designed around studies performed by other investigators; the opportunities for panel & trend studies were particularly emphasized. The Turkish res was also aided by the fact that the old surveys could be utilized to estimate nonresponse bias; from 2 studies conducted in 1956 a great deal of information on nonresponse bias in 1965 was made available. Finally, the possibilities for combining data from several surveys were mentioned; from the Turkish material it becomes possible to explore the personal characteristics of admin'ors which led to a favorable or unfavorable evaluation by the villagers. AA.