This three-day workshop, led by renowned scholar David Silverman, provides an immersive experience in mastering qualitative research methodologies critical for understanding complex social phenomena. Participants will enhance their ability to design robust qualitative studies, effectively analyze and interpret data, and create compelling narratives, all while navigating ethical considerations and exploring strategies for impactful research dissemination.

Topics Covered
* Majority versus minority conceptions of qualitative research * The value of naturalistic data , * Meanings versus practices *Discovering the 'black box' of how social phenomena are constructed *Naturalism vs Constructionism , * Narrowing down a topic *Saying a lot about a little *Finding a model study * Using a concept from your discipline * Discovering your research topic during data analysis *Being consistent , * Why many qualitative research findings are not credible , * What makes data reliable , * Intensive and extensive data analysis , * Using simple tabulations , * Discovering deviant cases , Sequences , Two kinds of mixed methods: quant plus qual versus multiple qualitative methods , Two conventional assumptions: beginning with quant and using qual to 'go deeper' , Beginning with qual to discover a phenomenon , Moving to quant to find variance , Constructing a Narrative , Finding a journal , Recipient-designing your paper , Avoiding perfectionism , Learning from reviewers' suggestions , Our various stakeholders , Overcoming suspicions about qualitative research , Discovering relevance vs beginning with a social problem