Qualitative depth at Big Qual scale.

Build a purposeful research dataset from online sources and imported material. Learn how a research question shapes source selection, collection boundaries and inclusion decisions, then use prepared examples to review provenance, organise material and explain what the resulting dataset can support.

• Frame a research question that supports clear source and inclusion decisions.
• Explain how collected and imported material contribute different kinds of evidence.
• Review a prepared dataset for relevance, provenance, gaps and limitations.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Explore how people discuss issues across social-media posts, comments and conversations. Follow a workflow from a bounded collection to topic exploration, close reading and interpretation. Using prepared examples, examine sentiment and stance, investigate connections between concepts, and consider differences across sources or time periods. Learn how SAM's analytical views can support a contextual account of public discussion. A free Zoom account is required to watch the private course replay.

• Describe the source, sampling boundaries and unit of analysis for a bounded social-media collection.
• Use topic exploration and selected analytical views to develop a question for closer reading.
• Explain what an entity or topic co-occurrence network represents and investigate an observation through its source records.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Work through an interview-led analysis and see how its approach extends to open-text survey responses. Learn how to organise material, develop and revise codes, examine AI-supported suggestions, and connect interpretations to their source excerpts. This introductory webinar uses prepared SAM datasets to explore analytical judgement, thematic development and comparison, with time for discussion and optional guided practice throughout the session. A free Zoom account is required to watch the private course replay.

• Explain what source, case and speaker information needs to accompany qualitative material when it is prepared for analysis.
• Apply and refine a small coding scheme, explaining the reasoning behind a coding decision.
• Assess automated suggestions through close reading, code definitions and consideration of alternative interpretations.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Explore how people discuss issues across social-media posts, comments and conversations. Follow a workflow from a bounded collection to topic exploration, close reading and interpretation. Using prepared examples, examine sentiment and stance, investigate connections between concepts, and consider differences across sources or time periods. Learn how SAM's analytical views can support a contextual account of public discussion. A free Zoom account is required to watch the private course replay.

• Describe the source, sampling boundaries and unit of analysis for a bounded social-media collection.
• Use topic exploration and selected analytical views to develop a question for closer reading.
• Explain what an entity or topic co-occurrence network represents and investigate an observation through its source records.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Bring structure to your literature review or documentary analysis. Explore two routes into SAM: finding relevant records with SAM Collect and importing materials you already hold. Learn how to organise a focused collection, examine recurring topics, develop a coding framework and compare sources, using academic and policy examples while keeping interpretation connected to the underlying evidence and your research question. A free Zoom account is required to watch the private course replay.

• Translate a research question into a bounded collection plan and choose a suitable collection or import route.
• Distinguish the analytical possibilities of metadata, abstracts and full-text documents.
• Organise selected material and apply a starting coding framework while recording the reasons for analytical choices.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Work through an interview-led analysis and see how its approach extends to open-text survey responses. Learn how to organise material, develop and revise codes, examine AI-supported suggestions, and connect interpretations to their source excerpts. This introductory webinar uses prepared SAM datasets to explore analytical judgement, thematic development and comparison, with time for discussion and optional guided practice throughout the session. A free Zoom account is required to watch the private course replay.

• Explain what source, case and speaker information needs to accompany qualitative material when it is prepared for analysis.
• Apply and refine a small coding scheme, explaining the reasoning behind a coding decision.
• Assess automated suggestions through close reading, code definitions and consideration of alternative interpretations.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Examine how a text can express frustration, support a proposal and describe a positive encounter at the same time. Learn to distinguish sentiment, emotion and stance, review saved labels against source context, and explain how these readings can inform a purposeful qualitative coding exercise.

• Define an explicit stance proposition and identify the referents within a passage.
• Explain the different questions addressed by sentiment, emotional expression, stance and qualitative coding.
• Review a saved classification through contextual reading and explain a revised or unresolved interpretation.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.

Build a purposeful research dataset from online sources and imported material. Learn how a research question shapes source selection, collection boundaries and inclusion decisions, then use prepared examples to review provenance, organise material and explain what the resulting dataset can support.

• Frame a research question that supports clear source and inclusion decisions.
• Explain how collected and imported material contribute different kinds of evidence.
• Review a prepared dataset for relevance, provenance, gaps and limitations.

Live online · 90 minutes, including a five-minute screen break.