Import and create sources – PDFs, media files data sets, documents, and social media 6. Understand different qualitative data collection methods 3. Understand qualitative analysis approaches 2. Course Objectives By the end of this program, participants should be able to: 1. Beginners as well as specialists in the fields of Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, Community Development, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Market Research, Agriculture, Economics, Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, Education, Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Demography, Population Studies and anyone with an interest in qualitative research will benefit immensely from undertaking the course. Target Audience This course targets research scientist and practitioners with basic knowledge in qualitative research but keen on updating their skills and competence in qualitative data analysis. Participants will also learn how to use NVivo 12 in Qualitative Data Analysis. At the end of the course, participants will be able to plan, conduct, and critically assess the quality of the qualitative data gathered during their data collection process. This course aims to provide participants with the strategic understanding and applied skills in planning, conducting, and analyzing, reporting findings from qualitative research. If you are planning to conduct KIIs, IDIs or FGDs during your data collection, do participant observation or collect policy papers, press releases or Internet data from online surveys, soon or later you will have volumes of data and field notes for analysis. Qualitative data analysis is that process of bringing order, structure and meaning to the mass of collected data. Making sense of it without the right research tools is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Consequently, our world is exploding with data – text from interviews and FGDs transcripts, videos, social media and more.

Course Overview Many research scientists nowadays collect data through a mixed methods approach.

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