Syllabus/achievement requirements

Advanced course in Qualitative Methods

Atkinson, Paul and Martin Hammersley (1994). "Ethnography and Participant Observation". In: Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.).: Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. pp. 248-261**.

Aunger, Robert (1995). "On Ethnography: Storytelling or Science?" : Current Anthropology, 36 (1): pp 97-130.

Brock-Utne, Birgit (1996). "Reliability and validity in qualitative research within education in Africa.": International Reveiw of Education, Vol. 42 (6): pp. 605-621.

Christians, Clifford (2001). "Ethics and Politics in Qualitative Research." In: Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.): Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousands Oaks, Calif.: Sage. Pp. 133-155**.

Fontana, Andrea and James H. Frey (1994). "Interviewing: The Art of Science." In: Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.): Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. pp. 361-379**.

Hodder, Ian (1994). "The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture." In: Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.): Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousands Oaks, Calif.: Sage.. pp. 393-402**.

Kvale, Steinar (1996).: Interviews. An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. pp. 298.

Marshall, Catherine and Gretchen B. Rossman (1993): Designing Qualitative Research. 2nd ed., Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. pp. 224.

Patai, Daphne (1991). "U.S. Academics and Third World Women: Is Ethical Research Possible?" In: Gluck, Sherna Berger and Daphne Patai (eds.): Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History, New York: Routledge. pp. 137-153.

Robinson-Pant, Anna (2002). "What can PRA offer to educational researchers? In: Brock-Utne, Birgit and Ragnhild Tungesvik (eds.): Doing Educational Research in Developing Countries. Report no. 7, Oslo: Institute for Educational Research. pp. 137-153.

Scheyvens, Regina and Donovan Storey (2003): Development fieldwork: a practical guide, London: Sage. pp. 263.

Sieber, Joan E. (1992): Planning Ethically Responsible Research, Thousands Oaks, Calif.: Sage. pp. 3-74.

Weiss, Robert S. (1994).: Learning From Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies, New York: Free Press. pp. 246.

Total pages: 1250

Advanced course in Statistics

Hinkle, D.J., W. Wiersma and S. G. Jurs (2003): Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. 5th ed., Princeton: Houghton Mifflin. (or a former edition) (480p).

Miller, R. L., C. Acton, D. A. Fullerton and J. Maltby (2002): SPSS for Social Scientists, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (240p).

Tredoux, Coling and Tyronne Pretorius (1999). "Reducing and understanding complexity: Multivariate data analysis." In: Blanceh, Martin Terre and Kevin Durrheim (eds.): Research in Practice: Applied Methods for the Social Sciences, Cape Town: Cape Town University Press. Chapter 19 (24p).

Tredoux, Coling and Mario Smith (1999). Jumping to conclusions: an overview of inferential statistical methods. In: Blanche, Martin Terre and Kevin Durrheim (eds.): Research in Practice: Applied Methods for Social sciences, Cape Town: Cape Town University Press. Chapter 19 (24p).

Total pages: 768

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