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Designing Sociological Investigations 2SC002 is designed as a stepping-stone for your third year dissertation. The course provides you with theoretical as well as practical grounding in qualitative research. Qualitative research methods offer a means of gaining insight into complex perspectives held by people about social practices and social phenomena. Whereas good quantitative research captures scale, good qualitative research reaches the depth of perceptions, views, experiences, behaviours and beliefs. Qualitative research deals with meanings. It seeks to understand not just what people do, but why they choose to do what they do, and what their activities mean to them. In addition to generating knowledge about social life, qualitative research skills are valuable far beyond academic environments as many employers value qualitative research proficiency.