• Qualitative and quantitative paradigm (positivist and phenomenological), roots and traditions. Ontological, epistemological, axiological, rhetorical and methodological assumptions.
• When to use qualitative research
• How and why qualitative research can be used in studies related to social and health protection
• Research problem, research questions, theory
• Qualitative strategies:
• Ethnography
• Phenomenology
• Grounded theory
• Case study
• Qualitative techniques of data collection
• (obtrusive and unobtrusive methods)
• Interview
• Participant observation
• Context in qualitative research
• Theoretical sampling
• Mixed method design, quality and rigor
• Qualitative data analysis
• Ethics and Qualitative research
• Scientific writing

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
30	120	5