Category Archives: Research Methods

Ethnography Masterclass

This is an Ethnography masterclass provided by Dr Sara Delamont, Reader Emerita in Sociology at Cardiff University.  Dr Delamont taught at Cardiff University from 1976-2014. She was the first woman to be President of the British Educational Research Association in 1984 and first woman to be Dean of the then Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (1983-85).  Sara was awarded the John Nisbet (Lifetime Service) award by BERA in 2015 and the British Sociological Association Lifetime Award in 2013. 

In this workshop, Dr Delamont takes us through the process of taking fieldnotes and developing them into data. The workshop includes recorded videos for you to watch along with activities for you to undertake.  Completing the workshop will take around 90 minutes, though it can be done at your own pace and does not need to be completed in one go.

Qualitative Research Methods: Data Analysis

A masterclass with Professor Paul Atkinson.

If you work through this resource from start to finish, doing everything, it will take about 4 hours. You can of course take it in smaller steps and also repeat elements of it at any time.

Many people find working with data and generating an analysis from data to be daunting aspects of the research process. If you have collected data, but are wondering what to do with it, or are not sure how to set about analysis, this course will provide you with some guidance and some ‘safe’ experience using a particular approach. It involves working with some real data that has been edited and anonymised. Continue reading