Center for Statistical Training & Consulting Workshop: Qualitative Analysis
(Conferences / Seminars / Lectures)
An introduction to theories and methods of qualitative field research
This course reviews reasons as to why scholars would want to use qualitative research, discusses the application of social theory, examines relations between researchers and subjects and describes basic methods of fieldwork research, including participant observation, in-depth interviews, and photoelicitation. Finally, it summarizes techniques for coding and analyzing fieldwork data and writing up results.
Participants will have an opportunity to code and analyze in-depth interview transcripts provided by the instructor. This workshop will be presented by Dr. Steven Gold. Registration begins January 11, 2010. Please visit www.cstat.msu.edu to enroll.