In today’s data-driven world, understanding why people think, behave, and decide the way they do is more important than ever. Numbers alone can’t tell the full story — and that’s where qualitative research comes in.

This course is designed to help researchers, students, and professionals confidently move from raw, unstructured data — such as interview transcripts, focus group discussions, open-ended surveys, or textual documents — to clear, evidence-based insights.

You’ll not only learn the art and science of qualitative data analysis (QDA), but also gain hands-on mastery of NVivo 15, one of the world’s most trusted tools for qualitative research. NVivo streamlines the entire process — from organizing messy data to identifying themes, visualizing patterns, and generating reports — allowing you to focus on what really matters: interpreting meaning.

Through a blend of conceptual explanations, real-world examples, and guided demonstrations, this course will show you how to Understand and apply key qualitative research methodologies, Perform manual and automated coding, develop categories, and build hierarchical themes, and Explore data using queries, word frequency analysis, and matrix coding to uncover relationships.

Whether you are a Ph.D. scholar conducting interviews, a market researcher analyzing customer feedback, or a policy analyst evaluating social data, this course will equip you with the skills and confidence to turn qualitative data into meaningful insights.

Who this course is for:

• PhD and Master’s students conducting qualitative research.
• Social scientists, education researchers, and healthcare professionals.
• Market researchers and policy analysts working with qualitative data.
• Anyone who wants to analyze interviews, focus groups, or open-ended survey responses.