Code:

BERM.AMC.001

Study year:

2008 - 2009

Long name:

Advanced Qualitative Methods

ECTS:

5

Language:

English

Lecturer(s):

Dr. Pursey Heugens

Faculty:

RSM Erasmus University

Number of lectures:

Hours per lecture:

Goal:

The goal of this course is to equip students with the intellectual baggage necessary for the design, execution, and publication of truly excellent qualitative research studies

Course contents:

The following topics are covered in this course in 10 consecutive weeks: (1) qualitative “versus” quantitative research; (20 measurement and operationalization in qualitative research settings; (3) data collection: interviews, documents, observation, data bases, and more; (4) data analysis: data reduction, causal inference, and qualitative data analysis software (NVivo, Atlas.ti, UCINET, QCA); (5) paper proposal presentation; (6) case study methods; (7) grounded theory methods; (8) ethnography and action research; (9) content analytical methods and discourse analysis and (10) final paper presentations

Examination:

Central to this course is that students learn how to work with real qualitative data and how to integrate it into publishable research papers. Students whom have collected qualitative dat of their own are free to use it; for others several qualitative data sets will be made available. Students are also expected to get acquainted with and learn how to use qualitative data analysis programs, such as NVivo, (www.qsrinternational.com), Atlas.ti (www.atlasti.de), fs/QCA

(http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cragin/fsQCA/), or UCINET (www.analytictech.com). The grade components for this course are: (1) a paper proposal presentation in week 5 (20%); (2) a final paper presentation in week 10(20%); a concise qualitative esearch paper (60%)

Literature:

The literature for this course will consist of carefully selected articles and book chapters, made available through a dedicated BlackBoard site. The materials will include original methodological contributions, as well as exemplary applied research articles

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