Aug 01, 2025  
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IECD-540 Applied Qualitative Methods

4 semester credits


This class will offer students opportunities to gather and work with qualitative data, using one or more data collection methods. Students should enter the class with an idea of a small study they would like to do that is distinct from their dissertation. During the class, students will work to gather qualitative data for this small study, learn how to analyze it, and work through the sensemaking and communicative steps of a qualitative study in a structured way.
Pre-requisites: IECD-537 IECD-539  
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):  

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Appropriately and ethically gather qualitative data
  2. Create accurate verbatim transcripts and demonstrate why these are important when working with spoken words.
  3. Recount their experience of one data-collection method in detail sufficient for a research paper.
  4. Identify approaches to improving their practice of qualitative research.
  5. Argue their position on the use of computer software to aid qualitative data analysis.
  6. Analyze small amounts of qualitative data.
  7. Communicate their findings from their qualitative study clearly in writing and speech.
  8. Formatively critique others’ qualitative research.



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