Section outline

  • Introduction to Qualitative Methods

    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:  Daniel Dohan

    Location: Mission Hall 1406

    • Session Slides:

    • QRM 2015 lecture01 17Sep File
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

      See the link below for a video series introduction to the different components of qualitative research:

      1. What are Qualitative Methods?

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_1/0_0g1iejkm/27808082

      2. What Can You Learn from Qualitative Methods?

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_2/0_kgo832fm/27808082

      3. The Qualitative Research Process

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_3/0_o83jzg39/27808082

      4. Qualitative Data Collection

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_4/0_6kl92eyo/27808082

      5. Analyzing Qualitative Data

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_5/0_m1zpl0yx/27808082

      6. Embarking on a Qualitative Research Project

      https://media.ucsf.edu/media/Dohan_QualitativeAnalysis_6/0_wvojye57/27808082

    • 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

    • Journalist and Murderer pt1 Malcolm New Yorker 1989 File
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    • Journalist and Murderer pt2 Malcolm New Yorker 1989 File
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