Qualitative and Quantitative Methods I

The course starts with an introduction to practical methodological and research design. Then the course takes up qualitative methods through which students work with interviews and production, analysis and interpretation of interview data. Some of these interpretations use a more quantitative approach in which students work with the construction of questionnaires, the gathering of own survey-data and the transformation of these into statistics in the computer laboratory. Students will here be trained in entering their own data into statistical computer packages and the use of these for analysis and interpretation of the findings. Probability theory and estimated statistical inference will be taught, and used as part of the analysis. Students will also learn how to make use of the most common techniques in the analysis of qualitative data. Because the course uses practical exercises with close supervision, the student is advised to participate in all teaching sessions in this course. Individual supervision of students not following the scheduled teaching sessions is not provided.