Type of Paper – Research Report
Qualitative Research Methods for Social Scientists
Research Report
Your assessment should be titled:
Research Report: Thematic analysis of qualitative data
For the purposes of the assessment, you should assume that this research project has been agreed by the University’s Ethics Committee
You are expected to:
• Discuss epistemological and methodological issues in relation to this research.
• Discuss relevant ethical issues.
• Identify a selection of relevant themes emerging from the participants’ responses in the transcript.
• Discuss these themes, drawing on an appropriate range of relevant social science academic, research, and policy material to enable you to develop your analysis.
• Interpret the respondents’ answers using the above
• Include quotations from the transcripts where appropriate.
• Draw conclusions based on the data analysis.
Your research report should follow this structure –
Title
Introduction
Epistemology, methodology and ethics
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References (the reference list is not included in the 2500 word count)
This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of qualitative social research.
Critically evaluate and assess epistemological positions, research design and ethical issues in relation to social scientific research.
Analyse qualitative data and link the results to wider social scientific literature.
