SOC431 Qualitative Sociological Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Veronika Šenkýřová, DiS.
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 G23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
Jedná se o pracovní výzkumný seminář ("work-shop"), který je současně vstupem do strategií kvalitativního sociologického výzkumu, do způsobu formulování výzkumného záměru, výběru komunikačních partnerů a vytváření komunikační situace v konkrétních výzkumech. Zahrnuje stručnou informací o jednotlivých kvalitativních výzkumných technikách. Jeho cílem je však především prakticky procvičit vedení hloubkového kvalitativního rozhovoru a interpretaci takto shromážděných dat (pořízení audiozáznamu a jeho zpracování). Po úvodním seznámení se s technikou budou účastníci semináře vést a zpracovávat samostatně vlastní rozhovory v rámci dohodnutého výzkumného projektu (work-shop věnovaný práci, diskusím o zkušenostech a návodům na další postup).
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
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fss.muni.cz/soc/sylaby/SOC431
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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