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How should we supervise qualitative projects?

White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)Published 1 January 2005Open access
Anna Madill, Brendan Gough, Rebecca Lawton, Peter Stratton
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Abstract

There is a ‘shortfall in numbers of highly skilled qualitative researchers’ says the Economic and Social Research Council (2004). What is psychology doing about it? The Society’s revised syllabus (BPS, 2002) states that students should be able to collect and analyse qualitative (non-numerical) data. The Quality Assessment Agency (QAA, 2002) also specifies that psychology should cover qualitative methods. Therefore, in time, psychology graduates should have the expertise the ESRC needs.

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Social SciencesDecision Sciences