Lecture 2 is about planning qualitative study. Lecturer talks about: research topic, roles of the researcher, purpose of the study, selecting research techniques, selecting and sampling study participants, and research time table.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture HERE.

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: Select your topic and explain the purpose of your study. Shortly explain the selection and/or sampling of the research participants. Make a research timetable. Part of this text will be part of Introduction in your thesis. Please, write into workbook.