PC 458 - Research Methods: Qualitative

This course is designed to teach students psychometric theory and qualitative research designs at both the conceptual and applied levels. Areas of emphasis include epistemology of qualitative research, rigorous qualitative research design, and qualitative test reliability and validity as relates to verification strategies, self-correction, triangulation, trustworthiness, and utility. Qualitative approaches covered include phenomenology (emphasis on interpretative phenomenology), hermeneutical, discourse analysis, ethnographic, grounded theory, and case studies. Students will learn how to generate qualitative research designs, select participants, consider confounding variables, and how to assess ethical practice and critique qualitative designs in psychological research. This course will require students to designate the designs utilized in published research, identify and explain design confounds, and think critically about published psychological research. (3 Credits)

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