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PSYC2013 ASSIGNMENT 3 (QUALITATIVE REPORT)
Your third practical report for this module is a qualitative study. You will write up your research report according to the format set out in the ‘Reporting Style Guidelines for Practical Reports and Projects’ handbook, and this must be submitted no later than 12 noon on Monday 31st January 2022. You must submit your work electronically
via Turnitin. Arrangements for submission are explained in the Module Guide, and further information will be provided via email/Blackboard announcements. Note that in common with other assignments on the module, this assignment is exempt from anonymous marking.
The report excluding the Title, Abstract, Reference List, Appendices and Reflection on Feedback table, but including data extracts, should be approximately 2500 words in length.
NOTE: Failure to submit the assignment by the deadline without an authorised extension will be taken as non-submission of the work, and penalties will be applied in line with University regulations on the late submission of coursework as set out in the Academic Regulations.
In order to complete the assignment successfully, you are required to:
• Create a semi-structured interview schedule on a topic of your choice, agreed by your workshop tutor
• Create an appropriate participant information sheet
• Create a consent form
• Conduct an online audio-recorded interview with an individual participant of around 30 minutes duration
• Retain a copy of the sound-file of your interview securely until 21st March 2022
• Transcribe the data obtained in full and submit the transcript via Turnitin using the appropriate “Record of Interviewing & Transcription Form” which can be found in the Assessments > Assignment 3 folder on Blackboard
• Analyse the data from your interview and those of other students using Thematic Analysis
• Produce a written report
How to produce this report
1. In small groups of 4 to 6 members, discuss your chosen topic and agree which particular areas of this topic you wish to develop and explore. When you have reached a consensus on an idea, you must have this approved by your
workshop tutor before proceeding. Think about the practicalities of who is available for you to interview. You will all need to be able to carry out an interview with a relevant individual who fits your inclusion criteria.
2. In your group, create a participant information sheet (PIS). An example of a draft PIS which you can adapt for your research is available on Blackboard.
3. In your group, create a consent from. A template of a consent form which you can adapt for your research is available on Blackboard.
PIS and consent form must all be approved by your workshop tutor before you conduct your interview. You will be provided with an example of an interview schedule and given practice around interviewing in one of the workshops
associated with this assignment.
5. Individually, identify one person to interview. You can recruit participants from the student body if you wish (although not from your own PSYC2013 workshop group), but you are not limited only to students. It is essential that you establish and agree clear and appropriate inclusion criteria for your participants. Remember, the person you approach initially may prefer not to take part so you should always be able to identify other eligible participants who genuinely meet the inclusion criteria.
6. Once your interview schedule, PIS and consent form have been approved by your workshop tutor, you can arrange to carry out and audio-record your interviews.
7. Conduct your interview online (e.g. via skype) in accordance with the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) ethical principles in a safe and secure place. Participants should be sent a copy of the PIS in advance of their participation
to keep. You should also ask your participant to send you a signed copy of the consent form before you proceed with the interview. If the length of your interview is less than 15 minutes in duration, then you will be expected to collect additional data to ensure that you make a full and adequate contribution to the group data set. You should let your
workshop tutor know if this occurs. All group-members are expected to contribute at least twenty minutes’ worth of data to the group’s data set. You are to conduct your interview online. You may use video or just audio, but you should only record audio. Once you have the recording, you must transfer the file to a more secure password protected device immediately after completing your interview.
8. You may be asked for a copy of your sound file, so store securely until your work has been fully assessed by the PSYC2013 team. You should destroy all copies of the file after 21st March 2022. Use the sound file to transcribe the
data (See the Assessments > Assignment 3 folder on Blackboard for an example). When the transcript has been typed up in full, you need to submit it to Turnitin on the appropriate link on the PSYC2013 site. Your file must be uploaded by 12 noon on 12th January 2022.
9.Also share copies of your transcribed interview with the other students from your group and your workshop tutor by e-mail no later than 14th January 2022. You need to include the data from a minimum of four students in your group for your analysis. This must include your own set of data.
11. Write up your report according to the format set out in the ‘Reporting Style Guidelines for Practical Reports and Projects’ handbook.
