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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis

SMP804 · Advanced Research Design and Methodologies — Week 10 of 16

CourseSMP804
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis

  1. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS)
  2. Thematic analysis frameworks and codebook development
  3. Open, axial, and selective coding hierarchies
  4. Establishing qualitative trustworthiness, credibility, and transferability
  5. 20 minute NVivo tutorial: learn how to code qualitative data
  6. Trustworthiness in Qualitative Studies: Credibility, Transferability, Dependability & Confirmability
  7. Open coding and Axial coding in Qualitative data analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Demonstrate high level understanding of various qualitative analysis techniques and tools.
  • 6.1 Undertake qualitative and quantitative data analysis for a given dataset.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: demonstrate high level understanding of various qualitative analysis techniques and tools.

Study materials

Videos

  • 20 minute NVivo tutorial: learn how to code qualitative data · YouTube · Qualitative Researcher Dr Kriukow · 19 min · for registered students
  • Trustworthiness in Qualitative Studies: Credibility, Transferability, Dependability & Confirmability · YouTube · Grad Coach · 11 min · for registered students
  • Open coding and Axial coding in Qualitative data analysis · YouTube · Qualitative Researcher Dr Kriukow · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Research Methods Knowledge Base (Trochim, hosted by Conjointly) · Reading · Other, textbook · 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
  • Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (DeCarlo, Open Social Work Education) · Reading · Other, textbook · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Philosophical Foundations and Epistemological Frameworks
  • Week 2: Advanced Research Design and Strategic Methodological Align…
  • Week 3: Data Collection Instrument Design, Reliability, and Validity
  • Week 4: Research Ethics, Governance, and Lifecycle Integrity
  • Week 5: Quantitative Conceptual Modelling and Hypothesis Formulation
  • Week 6: Quantitative Data Management and Preliminary Statistical Te…
  • Week 7: Advanced Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Qualitative Inquiry Approaches and Methodological Challenges
  • Week 10: Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
  • Week 11: Integrated Doctoral Reporting, Methodological Reflexivity, …
  • Week 12: Applying Advanced Research Design and Methodologies in prac…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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