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Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational Interviewing
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 3 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
We will cover the following topics:
- The Science of Social Science
- What is Social Science?
- How does Social Science differ from the physical sciences?
- The Process of Qualitative Research
- How does Qualitative Research differ from Quantitative Research?
- What is Fieldwork?
- Conversational Interviewing and it's use in research
- Establishing Validity in Qualitative Research
- What are the criteria for validity when conducting Qualitative Research?
- What are the tests for validity?
- Conducting Conversational Interviews
- Interviewing as Data Collection
- Drafting an Interview Protocol
- Interviewing Techniques
- Interview Examples & Discussion
- Demostratons of Good and Bad interview techniqueswith detailed discussion
- Logistics and Ethical Concerns
- Logistics of Conducting Interviews: Finding & Inviting Subjects, Recording Interviews, etc
- Ethics & Human Subject Research
Prerequisite
Instructors
Susan Silbey
Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Sociology and Anthropology Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meghan Perdue
Digital Learning Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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