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Qualitative Research Methods (IHSM-M1.4)
Department
- Master's Program International Health & Social Management
Course unit code
- IHSM-M1.4
Level of course unit
- Master
Year of study
- Fall 2024
Semester when the course unit is delivered
- 1
Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
- FH-Prof. Dr. Kerschbaumer Lukas
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- By the end of this course students will
•Know scientific standards with regard to good academic practice
•Have some insights on research ethics
•Have activated and improved their knowledge of scientific reasoning and arguing
•Feel confident of formulating a qualitative research problem and know the appropriate methodological approaches to an-swer it
•Be able to generate, analyze and interpret qualitative data.
•Feel confident with academic writing and with compiling and presenting qualitative research results.
Mode of delivery
- -
Recommended optional program components
- none
Course contents
- Prologue: Research Ethics/ Citation
(http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/issue/view/62)
1. Qualitative Research (Braun/Clark 2013 Chapter 1&243)
2. Interviews (DiCicco-Bloom/Crabtree 20067; Turner 20108; McNamara)
3. Biography Research (Rosenthal 200415)
4. Content analysis (Mayring 2000)
5. Grounded Theory (Charmaz 200630)
6. Focus group (Kevern/Webb 20018; Onwuegbuzie et al. 200915)
7. Participant observation (Kawulich 200519; Lopez-Dicastilloa/Belintxona 20145)
8. Delphi method (Trevelyan/Robinson 20156)
9. Qualitative Vignette (Gray et al. 201721)
10. Sampling (Krippendorff 2004: p.111-12524)
11. Limitations
Recommended or required reading
- Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2013) Successful qualitative research: A practical guide for beginners, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, SAGE.
Charmaz, K. (1996) ‘The search for Meanings - Grounded Theory', in J. A. Smith, R. Harré and L. van Langenhove (eds.) Rethinking meth-ods in psychology, London u.a., Sage Publications. pp. 27-49.
Dicicco-Bloom, B. and Crabtree, B. F. (2006) The qualitative research interview, Medical education, 40(4): 314-321.
Gray, D., Royall, B. and Malson, H. (2017) ‘Hypothetically Speaking', in V. Braun, V. Clarke and D. Gray (eds.) Collecting Qualitative Data, Cambridge University Press.
Kawulich, B. B. (2005) Participant Observation as a Data Collecting Method, Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6(2).
Kevern, J. and Webb, C. (2001) Focus groups as a tool for critical social research in nurse education, Nurse education today, 21(4):323-333.
Krippendorff, K. (2004) Content analysis: An introduction to its meth-odology, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publ.
Lopez-Dicastillo and Belintxon, M. (2014) The Challenges of partici-pant observation of cultural encounters within an ethnographic study, Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, (132): 522-526.
Mayring, P. (2000) Qualitative Content Analysis, Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2).
Mayring, P. (2014) Qualitative Content Analysis: Theoretical Founda-tion, Basic Procedures and Software Solution, Weinheim, Beltz.
Onwuegbuzie, A. J., Dickinson, W. B., Leech, N. L. and Zoran, A. G. (2009) A Qualitative Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Data in Focus Group Research, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8(3): 1-21.
Rosenthal, G. (2004) ‘Biographical research', in C. Seale, G. Gobo, J. F. Gubrium and D. Silverman (eds.) Qualitative research practice, Los Angeles, SAGE. pp. 48-64.
Trevelyan, E. G. and Robinson, N. (2015) Delphi methodology in health research: how to do it?, European Journal of Integrative Medi-cine, 7(4): 423-428.
Turner, D. W. (2010) Qualitative Interview Design: A Practical Guide for Novice Investigators., The Qualitative Report, 15(3).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Assessment methods and criteria
- Course-immanent examination, final exam and a short research proposal.
Language of instruction
- English
Work placement(s)
- none