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DESCRIPTION:Open-text questions can add qualitative depth to large-scale su
 rveys\, but their value depends on how the resulting text is analysed and 
 interpreted. This paper examines what short qualitative survey data can co
 ntribute to the study of complex social behaviour. It uses free-text accou
 nts of how people responded to workplace discrimination and harassment in 
 the 2025 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) as a case study.\n\
 nParticipants who reported experiencing or witnessing workplace discrimina
 tion or harassment in the previous five years were asked\, in their own wo
 rds\, what actions they took or who they spoke with. We analysed data from
  301 participants\, producing 215 accounts from targets and 243 from bysta
 nders.\nWe used directed content analysis\, drawing the initial coding str
 ucture from existing frameworks of target and bystander behaviour. These f
 rameworks supported comparison with previous research and anchored interpr
 etation in the existing evidence base. They also provided a useful discipl
 ine in a sensitive area where assumptions about how targets or bystanders 
 “should” respond can reproduce misleading or harmful stereotypes. Usin
 g established frameworks helped make our own interpretive assumptions more
  visible and reduced the risk that those stereotypes would inadvertently s
 hape coding categories. Additional categories were developed where account
 s could not be accommodated within the a priori schemes.\n\nThe analysis u
 sed a coding-reliability design. Two coders applied a fixed codebook indep
 endently\, agreement was assessed statistically\, and disagreements were r
 esolved by consensus. Both coders also kept analytic notes throughout the 
 process to record observations not captured by the coding structure.\n\nTh
 e qualitative data revealed complexity that would have been difficult to c
 apture through closed-response categories showing how context could change
  the interpretation of behaviour. Leaving a workplace\, for example\, some
 times followed unsuccessful attempts to seek help or resolve the problem t
 hrough formal channels\, complicating its interpretation as a passive resp
 onse. Accounts of taking no action also distinguished between seeing no ne
 ed to act and perceiving available pathways as ineffective\, unsafe or blo
 cked. These distinctions illustrate the risks of interpreting behavioural 
 categories without considering the circumstances participants describe. Th
 e analysis also highlights the limits of short qualitative survey data. Ac
 counts were often too brief to establish chronology\, intent or outcome wi
 th confidence. \n\nThis case study demonstrates the value of combining sys
 tematic coding with attention to the context and limitations of individual
  accounts. Open-text questions can complement closed-response measures by 
 preserving participants’ framing and revealing distinctions that predefi
 ned categories may overlook.
DTSTAMP:20261013T075955Z
LOCATION:Cullen Room
SUMMARY:From open text to analysis: Qualitative survey methods for studying
  responses to workplace harassment and discrimination in AuSSA - Emily Kot
 he
URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/NFEWVX/
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