Course: Qualitative Research Methods

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Course title Qualitative Research Methods
Course code KUMK/MK7KL
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bačuvčík Radim, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Quantitative and qualitative research in marketing and marketing communication; - Design of qualitative marketing research; - Research brief - communication beween the client and the researcher; - Basic set and sample set; - Representativeness of the sample set in qualitative and quantitative research; - The role of the researcher in qualitative and quantitative research; - Qualitative research process; - Methods and techniques of qualitative research in social sciences; - Reserach problem, research questions, research premises; - Creation of scenarios for individual interview and focus group; - Data collection; - Coding and evaluation of quantitative data; - Data interpretation, rules of verbal and written presentations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Exercises on PC
  • Home preparation for classes - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic knowledge of stages in the process of marketing research, resolution methods and techniques of marketing research in its application is expected.
Basic knowledge of stages in the process of marketing research, resolution methods and techniques of marketing research in its application is expected.
learning outcomes
Main methods of qualitative research
Main methods of qualitative research
Research design and brief
Research design and brief
Scenario for individual interviews or focus groups
Scenario for individual interviews or focus groups
Data coding
Data coding
Data interpretation
Data interpretation
Skills
Create a qualitative research design
Create a qualitative research design
Formulate the research problem and research question
Formulate the research problem and research question
Assemble a scenario for individual interviews
Assemble a scenario for individual interviews
Code qualitative data
Code qualitative data
Interpret the findings of qualitative research
Interpret the findings of qualitative research
teaching methods
Knowledge
Exercises on PC
Exercises on PC
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • BURNS, A. C., BUSH, R. F. Marketing Research. London, 2016. ISBN 978-12921-5326-1.
  • HENDL, J., REMR, J. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Praha: Portál,, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1192-1.
  • Hendl, Jan. Kvalitativní výzkum: základní teorie, metody a aplikace. Praha : Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-0982-9.
  • Ravitch, Sharon M, Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner. Qualitative research: bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Los Angeles, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5443-3381-6.
  • Tahal, Radek a kol. Marketingový výzkum : postupy, metody, trendy. Praha : Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0206-8.
  • Tracy, Sarah J. Qualitative research methods: collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact. Hoboken, 2020. ISBN 978-1-119-39078-7.


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