Qualitative Research Designs (Part 1)
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast qualitative research vs. quantitative research
- Carry out successful Pre-fieldwork to increase both researcher positionality as well as reflexivity
- Define and explain the Case Study Approach to qualitative research
- Define and explain the Narrative Approach to qualitative research
- Define and explain the Grounded Theory Approach to qualitative research
- Define and explain the Phenomenological Approach to qualitative research
- Define and explain the Focus Approach to qualitative research
- Define and explain the Ethnographic Approach to qualitative research
- Strategically select and obtain access to qualitative research settings (incl. organizations, public settings, and private settings with varying levels of security)
- Compare and contrast the 4 key types of Non-Probability Sampling used in qualitative research
- Use active and passive strategies to overcome the 5 key barriers to participant recruitment in qualitative research
- Carry out successful Participant Observation by strategically entering the field, defining and negotiating your role, establishing rapport, and ethically leaving
- Use Jotting as an in-field data collection method and leverage your notes to write full Fieldnotes to be used in qualitative data analysis
Instructor
Sarah M. Coyne, PhD is Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Human Development in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. She received her BSc in Psychology from Utah State University and her PhD in Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire. Dr. Coyne is a popular speaker at both national as well as international conferences and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications on topics including media, aggression, gender, and child development. Dr. Coyne currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for Psychology of Popular Media Culture as well as Developmental Psychology, and she is former Associate Editor of Aggressive Behavior. Her research has been supported by grants from leading funding bodies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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