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 |
| Course website |
None |
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| 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 – making sense of your data and managing data
• Applying, sorting and constructing codes, categories and themes
• Building your analysis – Bottom-up and top-down analysis
Each session will have a dual emphasis on the theoretical and practical.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
course cancelled for 2008/09 |
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 |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Janette Webb
Tel: (0131 6)50 3987
Email: Jan.Webb@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Caroline Foord
Tel: (0131 6)51 3009
Email: caroline.foord@ed.ac.uk |
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