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 stars73.01%
- 4 stars18.88%
- 3 stars4.08%
- 2 stars2.28%
- 1 star1.71%
TOP REVIEWS FROM QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
It was a quite long journey, but I could learn a lot. Thanks to sir Gerben Moerman for your enthusiastic class. Right through the sessions you kept us awake not to fall into sleep.
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.
Really enjoyed this course. The lectures were engaging, the assignments applicable. I really enjoyed being able to review other classmates' assignments from around the world. Very cool concept.
The course enriched me a lot! Thank you Moerman SIr for giving a direction to carry on the qual analaysis. It's really great course for me. I have learnt a lot from the course. Thank you Sir.
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