This week’s topics
Conducting Fieldwork and Investigation
- Administering research instruments
- Participant access and relationship management
- Adhering to research specifications
- Audit trails and research governance
- Research ethics and consent: the (participant) information sheet
- Qualitative Interviews: Dealing with difficult situations
What you will be able to do
- 3.1 Carry out the proposed research investigation in accordance with the research specification.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: carry out the proposed research investigation in accordance with the research specification.
Study materials
Videos
- Research ethics and consent: the (participant) information sheet · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 8 min · for registered students
- Qualitative Interviews: Dealing with difficult situations · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 8 min · for registered students
- Preparing for a qualitative research interview · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 17 min · for registered students
- Research ethics and consent: consent forms · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 13 min · for registered students
- Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods: Interviews (Module 3) · YouTube · Yale University · 22 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Writing interview protocols and conducting interviews: tips for students new to qualitati… · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students
- Principles of Sociological Inquiry, ch. 9: Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 108–121 · for registered students
- MRS Code of Conduct 2023 (Market Research Society) · PDF · Other, guidance; 23 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
