Module: Qualitative research methods
HL Paper 3: Qualitative research methods
The following module looks at the use of qualitative research methods in psychology. This includes observations, interviews, and case studies. The module focuses on conceptual understanding relevant to these methods as well as how to answer the questions on Paper 3.
- What is qualitative research?
- Naturalistic observations
- Interviews: unstructured, semi-structured, focus-groups
- Case studies and the concept of triangulation
- Ethics in qualitative research
- Generalizability in qualitative research
- Credibility in qualitative research
- Bias in qualitative research
- Final assessment