Fundamentals of Social Work Research
Video and Multimedia
Watch and learn! Carefully selected videos will help bring key concepts and theories to life, preparing you for your studies and exams.
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9.1: Interviewing
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9.2: Focus Groups
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Qualitative Data
David Silverman giving an interview on qualitative data sources and the benefits of natural data. -
Ethnography
In this video, Aviva Rosenstein, Ph.D., discusses the difference between the competing claims to the title of "ethnography" (is it a methodology? a discipline? a literary genre?) and how ethnography relates to user research. -
Qualitative Interviewing
After a short introduction looking at Steinar Kvale's ten criteria of a good interviewer, this video examines two interviews: one a short and rather poor attempt, the other a longer and much improved version. It is designed to help anyone learning how to undertake research interviews in the social sciences.