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MRES 611 Qualitative Research Methods 3 Credits
This course focusses on the qualitative tradition in social science and organizational research. The former part of the course reviews the intellectual roots of and the current frameworks informing qualitative inquiry as well as the debates surrounding quantitative and qualitative traditions. Central characteristics of qualitative work and its relation ship to theory generation and testing are then discussed. This is followed by reviewing the major forms of qualitative research like ethnography,case studies,and ethnomethodology. The latter part of the course moes towards a coverage of issues of design and analysis in qualitative research. Specific topics to be covered are data collection techniques (like interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, document analysis) and methods for the analysis of qualitative data, including use of software packages. The course concludes by exploring the possibilities of combining quantitative and qualitative research.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2016-2017 Qualitative Research Methods 3
Spring 2010-2011 Qualitative Research Methods 3
Spring 2006-2007 Qualitative Research Methods 3
Spring 2000-2001 Qualitative Research Methods (GSM602) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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