[ERS 210] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (19 pages long)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Environment and Resource Studies
• Course: ERS 210
• Professor: Steve Murphy

Document Summary

Section 1 gives an overview of what is meant by qualitative methods and how these can complement quantitative and participatory methods. Section 2 reviews the main methods: informal interviews, case studies, and direct observation and how their rigour and reliability can be increased for particular types of enterprise impact assessment. Section 3 gives summary guidelines for commissioning and assessing qualitative methods in different types of enterprise intervention. Section 2: using qualitative methods: challenges and ways forward. Section 3: guidelines for commissioning and assessing qualitative research. Qualitative methods are an essential complement to both quantitative and participatory methods in any impact assessment. They are a necessary to increase understanding of: Differential impacts between stakeholders and the reasons for these. This text has been prepared by linda mayoux. Although it is possible to do an impact assessment using only qualitative methods, the focus of this paper is on how qualitative methods can complement other methods as part of an integrated impact assessment.