GIJ to hold seminar on qualitative data processes and analyses

The Directorate of Research Innovation and Development (DRID) of the Ghana Institute of Journalism is organizing a two-week research seminar on writing scholarly articles dubbed: “Qualitative Data Processes and Analysis.”

This workshop is scheduled to come off on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 12:00pm, and the following week Friday, May 21, 2021, same time.

Week one will be a two-session Zoom meeting, which shall take participants through Qualitative Research Design, Qualitative data gathering processes and tools, Ethical Issues in Validation of Data Gathering, and Validation of Qualitative Data.

Week two will, however, be a “practical face-to-face” session to teach participants; Qualitative Data Analysis using Thematic Analysis (Manual in Excel) and Qualitative Data Analysis using Thematic Analysis (Computer-Aided with ASTLAS Ti)

According to the Director of DRID, Dr. Etse Sikanku, “this qualitative workshop is in line with GIJs broad vision of revamping the research culture at the institution.”

The guest speaker for the programme is Dr. Ginn Assibey Bonsu, Lecturer in Communication Design at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).