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Qualitative research methods2016VT
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Course plan
Goals
The goal of the course is for students to better understand some of the strengths and weakness of qualitative research as it applies to problems that characterize the HCI literature. This course is therefore intended to advance students' competence in the "practical" aspects of qualitative research
Prerequisites
Introduction to Research Methodology in Computer Science
Organization
Literature seminars
Contents
The course will focus on how and why qualitative methods can be used in
different studies as well as their strengths and weakness.
The course will give students the kind of confidence and competence in
qualitative research that will enable them to design, carry out and publish
qualitative research in the area of informatics and HCI.
What is qualitative method?
Entering the field: Different ways to approach and study a chosen phenomenon
In the field : different techniques such as :
• Interview
Participant observation
Diaries
Surveys
Mystery as method
Vignettes & scenarios
Shadowing
Discourse analysis
Netnography
Analyzing the data: Interpretations
Ethics & How to publish qualitative research
Analyzing the data: From text to conclusions
Examination
Examination will be done through the above workshop with a a course paper in addition to active participation, written reflections to meetings, exercises and presentations
Absence from a seminar
If you are absent from a seminar you may be asked to compensate with an extra assignement. This is in addition to all other course assignments.
Literature ( some references)
Glaser B.G. and Strauss, A.L. (1967). The discovery of grounded
theories: strategies for qualitative research New York : Aldine, cop. 1967
Stake, R. E. (1995) The art of case study research, Sage.
Yin, R.K (2010 or later edition) Case Study Research: design
and methods
Van de Ven, A.H. (2007). Engaged Scholarship: Creating
Knowledge for Science and Practice Oxford University Press, 2007
Aagaard Nielsen, K. and L. Svensson (2006). Action Research and
Interactive Research Beyond Practice and Theory. Netherlands: Shaker Publishing
B.V.
Van Maanen, J. (1998). On Tales of the Field: On Writing
Ethnography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Alvesson, M., & Karreman, D. (2000). Varieties of discourse: On
the study of organizations through discourse analysis. Human relations, 53(9),
1125-1149
Alvesson, M. (2010). Interpreting interviews. Sage
Reference literature: Silverman, D. (2006). Interpreting
qualitative data: Methods for analyzing talk, text and interaction. Sage
Craig, J. (2010). Desk Rejection: How to Avoid Being Hit by a
Returning Boomerang, Family Business Review, 23, pp. 306-309
Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Building theories from case study
research. Academy of management review, 14(4), 532-550
Dyer, W. G., & Wilkins, A. L. (1991). Better stories, not
better constructs, to generate better theory: a rejoinder to Eisenhardt.
Academy of management review, 16(3), 613-619.
Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study
research. Qualitative inquiry, 12(2), 219-245
Examiner
Vivian Vimarlund
Examination
Paper, class exercises/participation, abstracts will determine points
Credit
7,5 H
Page responsible: Director of Graduate Studies
