Manufacturing Operations
Qualitative Research & Data Analysis
Duration (Days)
2
Overview
This course is designed to provide a platform to engage participants in thinking about navigating challenges in qualitative research. It aims to encourage the establishment of qualitative research and to increase participants’ knowledge, capacities and attitude towards qualitative research by learning and conceiving the fundamentals of qualitative approach.
Objectives
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Understand and explore important parts of qualitative research
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Obtain some understanding on what qualitative research is about, and avoid incorrect conceptions of qualitative research
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Engage participants in simulated learning related to qualitative research process
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Localise qualitative research principles in own study/research
Course Outline
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Qualitative research overview
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Philosophical assumptions underpinning qualitative research
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Qualitative research design
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Data collection issues and challenges
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Interpreting qualitative data
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Publishing qualitative research