Section outline

  • Lecture: Introduction

    What is Qualitative Research? - What is a qualitative research? What kinds of questions or issues can qualitative research address? What are some uses of qualitative approaches in clinical and translational research? How does qualitative compare to quantitative research? How does qualitative research differ from journalism or anecdotes, or does it?

    Faculty:  Wendy Anderson and Daniel Dohan

    Location:      China Basin 6702

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      Malcolm, Janet. The Journalist and the Murderer. New York: Vintage, 1990. (Book)

      Also available as two articles published in the New Yorker:

      Malcolm, Janet. 1989a. “The Journalist and the murderer: I - The Journalist.” The New Yorker, March 13, 38–73.

      Malcolm, Janet. 1989b. “The Journalist and the murderer: II - The Murderer.” The New Yorker, March 20, 49–82.

      Creswell, Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design, Chapters 1-3