Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Why Experience Matters: Qualitative Research
Griffith University and Deakin University
This online course introduced participants to the world of qualitative research, exploring how it contributes to our understanding of complex human behaviour and experiences. It presented a range of common qualitative research approaches, along with methods for data collection and analysis. Participants learned effective interviewing techniques, strategies for protecting the integrity of their data and produced a planning document relevant to a qualitative research question of their choice.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Nick Barter
Professor, Academic Director Griffith Online
Griffith University
Christopher Stevenson
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Deakin University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the value of qualitative research and discuss the research contexts it is best suited for.
- Identify key qualitative research approaches and data collection techniques.
- Produce a short qualitative research planning document, relevant to a research question.
Syllabus
- How qualitative research helps solve social problems and understand human behaviour.
- Key assumptions underlying qualitative research methodology.
- Qualitative research approaches, including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory and discourse analysis.
- Choosing a qualitative research topic.
- Methods of collecting qualitative data, including interviews, focus groups and observation.
- Key principles for maintaining integrity with data collection.
- Qualitative research data analysis methods.
- Creating a qualitative research planning document.
Issued on 28th April 2018
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