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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EG 7213 - Qualitative Research Methods in Education (3)


This course focuses on qualitative inquiry including research design, major qualitative methods and techniques, data analysis and interpretation and ethical challenges in the qualitative research process. Participants will examine the appropriateness of qualitative research as a tool for answering research questions and explore qualitative methods/approaches including ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenological theory, case study, historical/narrative research and mixed methods. Students will explore various approaches to qualitative research and learn to formulate a research question; conduct an appropriate literature review; select the appropriate research participants; determine the data that needs to be obtained; develop the best strategies, methods and tools to be used in data collection; understand the reliability and validity concerns involved; code, store and analyze data; interpret the results; and write a quality research report.