Postgraduate Course: Introducing Qualitative Data Analysis (PGSP11244)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will cover the methodological and analytical issues relating to research practice.
&· Good practice in Qualitative Research - transcription issues and managing data.
&· Preliminaries of data analysis $ú making sense of your data and managing data
&· Applying, sorting and constructing codes, categories and themes
&· Building your analysis $ú Bottom-up and top-down analysis
Each session will have a dual emphasis on the theoretical and practical.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course would connect with existing core courses to provide students with an overview of qualitative data preparation, data management and data analysis techniques. The course will be a practical guide to qualitative data analysis.
- To provide an introduction to some of the theoretical and methodological issues relating to good qualitative research practice.
- To explore the relationship between the way in which data is generated and different approaches to analysing qualitative data
- To provide examples of analysis from initial coding through to the presentation of findings
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Assessment Information
| Practical exercises throughout the course and an essay of 2000 words |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Janette Webb
Tel: (0131 6)50 3987
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Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
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