2024

Qualitative Data Analysis in Psychology

Name: Qualitative Data Analysis in Psychology
Code: PSI11136M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Psychology

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Objectives (knowledge)
1.1 Knowledge on qualitative data analysis in Psychology
1.2 Knowledge of sample techniques in qualitative research
1.3 Identifying different types of qualitative data
1.4 Characterizing different methods of qualitative data collection
1.5 Differentiating approaches of data reduction
1.6 Characterizing strategies of observation analysis
1.7 Identifying criteria of qualitative research evaluation

2. Objectives (competences):
2.1 Operates autonomously a qualitative research software
2.2 Applies one type of qualitative analysis
2.3 Write a qualitative research report

Contents

1. Qualitative research designs
2. Qualitative research sampling techniques
3. Types of qualitative data
4. Qualitative data collection methods
5. Qualitative data reduction
6. Deductive qualitative data analysis
7. Inductive qualitative data analysis
8. Types of qualitative analysis (qualitative content analysis, narrative analysis, discourse analysis, framework analysis, grounded theory)
9. Observational analysis strategies
10. Evaluation of qualitative research
11. Software use in qualitative data analysis
12. Qualitative research reports writing

Teaching Methods

Lectures, demonstration, exemplification, supervised practice.

Evaluation:
Continuous evaluation is made through 2 assignments:
a) Critical analysis of a qualitative research report (the student choses among several proposed by the teacher – individual assignment) – 50%;
b) The student participates in qualitative data analysis of a qualitative research in progress supervised by the teacher – 50%.
Final evaluation is made through a final exam consisting of questions on a qualitative research shortly presented.

Teaching Staff

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