Research in Sociology

• • Introduction to qualitative research
  • The what and why of interviewing
  • Ethics
  • Developing the interview guide
  • Selecting, finding and accessing research participants
  • Subjectivity and Reflexivity in Interviewing
  • Conducting the interview
  • Transcription and field notes
  • The Literature Review
  • Qualitative data analysis
  • Qualitative data analysis
  • Writing a qualitative research report

Others

Completion of two other Sociology units.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject provides hands on experience of social research. The particular focus is the semi-structured qualitative interviews. You nominate a research topic and, with the assistance of the teaching team, draft a research plan to investigate that topic. You then undertake three semi-structured qualitative interviews and qualitative data analysis following templates and protocols provided by the research team.

Assessment involves preparation of a research plan, the submission of the first interview transcribed and with preliminary data analysis and personal reflections on the interview process, and a final research report collating the findings from the three interviews.

• Planning Assessment — Research Plan (20%)
• Report — Research Report (50%)
• Discussion Board Participation (30%)

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