This two-day workshop will address the practicalities of collecting, managing and analysing data from Face to Face and Focus Group interviews.
*This course will be run over 2 days in three sessions per day:
- 9.30 am - 11.00 am - Session 1
- 11.30 am - 1.00 pm - Session 2
- 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm - Session 3
Course notes will be sent out in advance and exercises will be provided over the 2 days.
*This course is being held online via Zoom and run on Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10)
This is a practical course, which will enable participants to understand the preparatory requirements for both individual and group qualitative interviewing as well as to become proficient in qualitative question design. Experience in both types of qualitative interviewing will be provided as well as practise in undertaking analyses of these types of data.
Day 1.
- The impact of personal frames on data
- Issues relating to successful face-to-face interviewing
- Question Design
- Conducting face to face interviews
Day 2
- Issues related to successful group interviews
- Conducting a Focus Group
- Transcription and Preliminary data analysis of interview data
- Thematic analysis of interview data
This course involves a mixture of seminar presentations using powerpoint, class discussions, and small group activities.
It will run 'live' using Zoom.
You will be sent a zoom code in advance of the course.
Please note that Zoom can use up to 1GB data per hour, please make sure you have enough data available.
Please note: there is some overlap between this course and the Foundations of Qualitative Methodologies, Data Collection and Analysis course.
Please contact us if you would like more information.
Recommended but not required text:
- Grbich, C. 2013. Introduction to Data Analysis. Sage International: London,
Participants will be provided with copies of the power point presentation.
I found the set up really good, keeping the participants engaged and involved with a good balance of lecturing and group activities.
It was very useful to have an expert in the field discuss the different methods of data collection and their experiences in different populations and settings.
I'm very happy with the online experience compared to face-to-face courses. The convener paced it very well, using break out rooms for small group activities and varying the activities to lessen the effects of computer screen fatigue. In this way everyone participated and received feedback quite quickly. I have been wanting to do this course since last year but the logistics of travelling to Melbourne (even when not in lock down) was very difficult for me. I would like to see more courses offered via Zoom. It was nice to see so many participants from all parts of Australia.