In this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social science. You will learn about data collection, description, analysis and interpretation in qualitative research. Qualitative research often involves an iterative process. We will focus on the ingredients required for this process: data collection and analysis.
This course is part of the Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Philosophy of Qualitative Research
Observation
Good Practices & Criteria
Qualitative Interviewing
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- 5 stars72.92%
- 4 stars18.93%
- 3 stars4.11%
- 2 stars2.30%
- 1 star1.72%
TOP REVIEWS FROM QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Genuinely engaging and challenging. The more I engaged, the more I made sense of the challenge. I finish with a new set of useful skills to take forward in work and life.
Please provide the complete transcript of a week in pdf format like quantitative research methods?
The slides are too dark (black background) and don't look good in print.
Best course on Qualitative Research.Improved knowledge about the concepts and its application in different steps of research.Thanks to Dr.Gerben Moerman for his matchless delivering of concepts.
This course was particularly enjoyable. I learned quite a lot, especially on the concepts about ontology and epistemology. I found the discussion on the methods and analysis quite useful.
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