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Qualitative RM - Tamar Khuntsaria
Qualitative RM - Tamar Khuntsaria
Assignments
20%
Mid-term
35%
Final exam
35%
Basic
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textbooks:
Norman Blaikie. 2004. Designing Social Research. 4th Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Earl Babbie. 2004. The Practice of Social Research. 10th Edition. Thomson-Wadsworth.
W.Lawrence Neuman. 2003. Social Research Methods. Qualitative and Quantitative
Approaches. Fifth Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
In addition, Course Readers and CD with readings are also available.
Office Hours: The class meets once a week, total of 15 classes. You can e-mail me if you need
extra time to discuss issues related to the course or your tentative research. However, it is
expected that you will not raise during the office hours exactly same issues that had been
discussed during the class, unless there was a serious reason to do so it is completely your
responsibility if you miss the class.
Earl Babbie. 2004. The Practice of Social Research. 10th Edition. Thomson-Wadsworth. Pp. 178217.
Class 9:
In-depth interviewing
Reading:
Robert S.Weiss. 1994. Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview
Studies. The Free Press. Pp. 1-14, 61-99.
Classes 10:
Focus groups
Readings:
David L. Morgan. 1997. Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. Second Edition. Thousand Oaks,
Calif.: Sage Publications. Pp. 31-65.
Richard A. Krueger. 2000. Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research. Third edition.
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. Pp. 39-67.
Class 11:
Observation
Readings:
James P. Spradley. 1997. Participant Observation. New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. Pp. 5362.
William Foote White. 1993. Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. Forth
edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 279-309.
Class 12:
Case study
Readings:
Marie Jahoda, Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel. 2002. Marienthal: The Sociography of an
Unemployed
Community. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers. Pp. 1-24.
Mitchel Dunier. 2001. Sidewalk. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. Pp. 17-42.
James P. Spradley. 1979. The Ethnographic Interview. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Pp.
25-39.
Class 13:
Major Approaches in Qualitative data analysis
Readings:
W.Lawrence Neuman. 2003. Social Research Methods. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.
Fifth Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Pp. 438-467.
William Foote White. 1993. Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. Forth
edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 94-108.
Class 14:
Summary, Q&A
Readings:
Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz. 1998. Qualitative-Quantitative Research Methodology:
Exploring the Interactive Continuum. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University
Press. Pp. 13-26.
Sheldon R. Gawiser and G. Evans Witt. Twenty Questions a Journalist Should Ask about Poll
Results, in: Earl Babbie. 2004. The Practice of Social Research. 10th Edition. ThomsonWadsworth. Pp. A25-A30
Class 15:
Final exam