SOC431 Basic of Qualitative Research and Qualitative Interviewing

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 18 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1. Qualitative or quantitative approach? The logic of qualitative research. Foundation and main principle of qualitative approach.
  • 2. Designing qualitative research: planning the qualitative project, selecting a topic, research questions (what do you want to understand), sampling strategies.
  • 3. Qualitative interview as research; qualitative interview as a part of qualitative methodol-ogy: theoretical and methodological issues; triangulation of data collection methods.
  • 4. Particular forms of qualitative interview: theirs aims and different course: semi-structured and non-structured interview, narratives as data.
  • 5. Ethical issues in interview inquires, informed consent, confidentiality, the role of re-searcher.
  • 6. Conceptualizing the research interview: hearing about culture or topical interview?
  • 7. Framing the interview, types of qualitative interview questions (main questions, peobes, follow-up questions.
  • 8. The interview as a conversation: interview as guided conversation, the interview guide, the stages of an interview. The quality of the interview.
  • 9. Hearing and recording interview. Protocols, checklists, outlines, field notes.
  • 10. From speech to text. Transcripts of interviews.
  • 11. Data analysis: what did you hear and recognise what the data say? The steps of analy-sis.
  • 12. Coding interview data.
  • 13. Interpretation. Building toward overarching themes. Grounded theory.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: 6 původních kreditů.
Teacher's information
http://www.fss.muni.cz/soc/sylaby/SOC431
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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