This is an ISSR course and places are highly limited as Graduate School is paying the fee. If you are unable to attend, please de-register (or email graduateschool@uq.edu.au if you are unable to do so). An unexplained absence could result in all your future ISSR registrations becoming Waitlisted. You may only attend the workshop once. Repeat bookings will be removed and placed on the Waitlist.
This course is intended for HDR students looking for a brief introduction into qualitative data collection. We will introduce common approaches, methods and data sources used in qualitative research, and highlight some practical and logistical considerations. The course is set up to encourage the discussion of participants’ experiences, and tailored to cover examples and research options from the social and behavioural sciences.
*Qualitative research designs
*Interviews and focus groups
*Selecting participants
About Research design
The Graduate School has a range of sessions covering research methodolgy and methods delivered by esteemed providers such as ISSR.
Useful links
- Graduate School's recording of Expert panel on adjusting research during COVID held on 18 August 2020
- Sage Research Methods
- Join Sage’s Methodspace
- ISSR videos on research methods: Ethnographic approach, Evaluation methods, Mixed methods, Physiological measurement and observation method, Predictive risk modelling methods; Behavioural economics, experimental and quasi-experimental methods
- ISSR's MFSAS (Methods for Social Analysis and Statistics) courses
- Check out FREE self-paced onine research design and analysis courses with our EdX MOOC partners:
- National University of Singapore Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Beginners
- University of Endinburgh Introduction to Social Research Methods
- TUDelfts Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers
- UQ's Introduction to Psychological Research Methods