Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative Researching. London: Sage.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2010). The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Writing Scientific Papers for Students and Researchers. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Required weekly reading
Week 15
- Mason (2002): Read 1-2 chapters of your choice
- Sternberg & Sternberg (2010): Read Chapter 4 and 5
- Barter, C., & Renold, E. (2000). 'I wanna tell you a story': exploring the application of vignettes in qualitative research with children and young people. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 3(4), 307-323.
Week 16
- Your choice: Find and read a methodological article or chapter that could help you plan your Master's research
Week 17
- Cummins, G. (2014). The New Statistics: Why and How. Psychological Science, 25(1), 7-29.
- Silverman, D. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. (Chapter 12: Developing data analysis). 171-187.
Week 18
- Mason (2002): Read 1 chapter of your choice
- Willig, C. (2003). Discourse analysis. In Smith, J. A. (Ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Methods. London: Sage. 159-183.
Week 19
- Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative Researching. London: Sage. Chapter 9: Making convincing arguments with qualitative data. 173-204.
- Ponterotto, J. G. (2010). Qualitative Research in Multicultural Psychology: Philosophical Underpinnings, Popular Approaches, and Ethical Considerations. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(4), 581-589
- Your choice: Find and read an article that reports a qualitative/quantitative research project. Focus on the way the author uses data and reports on the data analysis.
- Forskningsetiske komiteer. (2006). Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities. De nasjonale forskningsetiske komiteer.
Further relevant readings
Applied Multiple Regression/correlation analyses for the behavioural science
https://books.google.no/books?id=fuq94a8C0ioC&redir_esc=y
Epidemiological methods in life course research, Pickles, Maughan and Wadsworth
https://books.google.no/books?id=GSvV9-71AfUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=epidemiological+methods+in+life+course+research&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIl-uej9bTyAIVQaIsCh2l4g-7#v=onepage&q=epidemiological%20methods%20in%20life%20course%20research&f=false
Shevlin, M. & Miles, J. Applying Regression and Correlation,
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/applying-regression-and-correlation/book209139
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics , 6th ed. Boston: Pearson.
Some useful methodology books
Bazeley, P. (2013). Qualitative data analysis: Practical strategies. London: Sage.
Charmaz, K., Wertz, F., Charmez, K., McMullen, L., Josselson, R., Anderson, R., & McSpadden, E. (2011). Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis. London: The Guilford Press
Denzin, N.K. & Lincoln, Y.S. (2005). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd Edition). Thousand Oaks, London and New Delhi: Sage.
Forrester, M. A. (2010). Doing qualitative research in psychology: a practical guide. Los Angeles: Sage.
Haavind, H. (2000). Kjønn og fortolkende metode: metodiske muligheter i kvalitativ forskning. Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk.
Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2011). Interview: introduktion til et håndværk. København: Hans Reitzel.
Marks, D. F., & Yardley, L. (2004). Research methods for clinical and health psychology. London: Sage Publications.
Miles, M. B. and M. Huberman, A. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis. London, Sage Publications.
Potter, J., & Wetherell, M. (1987). Discourse and social psychology. London: Sage Publications.
Ritchie, J. and J. Lewis (2003). Qualitative research practice. London, SAGE.
Silverman, D. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.
Strauss, A. and J. Corbin, Eds. (1997). Grounded theory in practice. Thousand Oaks, Sage.
Willig, C. (2001). Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology: Adventures in theory and method. Buckingham, Open University Press
Other recommended articles and chapters
Cotterill, P. (1992). "Interviewing women: Issues of friendship, vulnerability, and power." Women's Studies International Forum 15(5/6): 593-606
Cronbach, L. J. (2004). My Current Thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and Successor Procedures. Educational and psychological measurement, 64, 3 391-418.
Finlay, L. (2002). "Outing" the researcher: The provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research 12(4): 531-545
Gough, Brendan and Madill, Anna (2007). Diversity and Subjectivity within Qualitative Psychology. Real Life Methods Working Paper. www.reallifemethods.ac.uk
Hyde, A., E. Howlett, et al. (2005). The focus group method: Insights from focus group interviews on sexual health with adolescents. Social Science and Medicine 16 (12): 2588-2599
Kitzinger, C. and S. Wilkinson (1997). Validating women's experience? Dilemmas in feminist research. Feminism and Psychology 7(4): 566-574
Levine, & Hullett, (2002). Eta squared, Partial eta Squared and misreporting of effect size in communication research. Human communication research, 28, 612-625
Messick, (1995). Validity of psychological assessment. American Psychologist, 50, 741-749.
Pope, C and Mays, N. (1995). Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research. British Medical Journal, 1995, 311: 42-45.
Smith, LT. (1999). Responding to the imperatives of an indigenous agenda: a case study of Maori. In Decolonizing Methodologies: research and indigenous peoples, pp.163-182.
Stringer, E. (1996). Principles of community-based action research. In Action Research, Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage, 15-38.
Wetherell, M., S. Taylor, et al., Eds. (2001). Discourse as Data: A guide for analysis. London, Sage Publications.