Qualitative Research

On this page you fill find concepts related to conducting qualitative research.

What is Qualitative Research?

General Concepts

• A useful page with links and descriptions of different of qualitative research.

• Common questions and concerns with qualitative research.

• A website that has resources relating to major areas of qualitative research.

Qualitative Interviewing and Focus Groups

• An article on designing and conducting focus group interviews.

• A brief reading discussing the characteristics of a good interview.

• A reading on how to phrase questions and other interview techniques.

• Two articles on the fundamentals of conducting a focus group and basic approaches to focus groups.

Qualitative Data Analysis

• A guide on the basics of qualitative data analysis.

• Another guide introducing you to qualitative data analysis.

• A brief video guide to understanding qualitative coding.

• An overview of qualitative data analysis software

• A reading on identifying themes in your data.

• An introduction to coding for qualitative data analysis.

• A longer overview of creating code and coding.