Fieldwork Workshop
Fieldwork Workshop
Dr. Emily Chamlee-Wright, Elbert H. Neese Professor of Economics at Beloit College and a Senior Research Fellow with the Mercatus Center, semi-regularly hosts a fieldwork workshop focusing on qualitative research methods.
Most recently, the workshop met during the spring semester of 2011 (Buchanan House Fairfax Campus).
Workshop Schedule
Session I: Introductions (8:30-9:15)
Session II: Why do qualitative research? (9:15-10:15)
Session III: What we do when we do qualitative research (an overview)/Readying one’s gaze before the fieldwork begins (10:30-11:30)
Session IV: Developing code themes (11:30-12:00)
Session V: Developing an interview instrument (12:45-1:30)
Session VI: Critical decisions before you enter the field (1:30-2:00)
Session VII: The art of the good probe (2:00-2:45)
Session VIII: Coding and secondary coding (3:00-4:00)
Session IX: Discovery in the writing: moving from coded data to analysis (4:00-5:00)
Q&A (5:00-5:30)
