Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and ResearchersJane Ritchie, Jane Lewis, Carol McNaughton Nicholls, Rachel Ormston Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualitative research in the real world? Written by a team of leading researchers associated with NatCen Social Research (the National Centre for Social Research) this textbook leads students and researchers through the entire process of qualitative research from beginning to end - moving through design, sampling, data collection, analysis and reporting. In this fully revised second edition you will find:
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... nature of qualitative research Key philosophical issues in social research Ontology Epistemology Positivism and the scientific method Key developments and traditions in qualitative research Interpretivism and the origins of qualitative ...
... nature of qualitative research Key philosophical issues in social research Ontology Epistemology Positivism and the scientific method Key developments and traditions in qualitative research Interpretivism and the origins of qualitative ...
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... nature of the data sought Subject matter Research population Combining qualitative methods Using the Internet to collect data Selecting the time frame for research . The number of research episodes and the role of longitudinal research ...
... nature of the data sought Subject matter Research population Combining qualitative methods Using the Internet to collect data Selecting the time frame for research . The number of research episodes and the role of longitudinal research ...
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... In - depth Interviews 177 Alice Yeo , Robin Legard , Jill Keegan , Kit Ward , Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Jane Lewis Perspectives on the interview 178 The nature and meaning of the interview interaction The nature CONTENTS ix.
... In - depth Interviews 177 Alice Yeo , Robin Legard , Jill Keegan , Kit Ward , Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Jane Lewis Perspectives on the interview 178 The nature and meaning of the interview interaction The nature CONTENTS ix.
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... nature and meaning of the interview interaction The nature and meaning of the relationship between interviewer and interviewee Critiques of the interview as a method 178 180 181 Forms and features of in-depth interviews 182 Key features ...
... nature and meaning of the interview interaction The nature and meaning of the relationship between interviewer and interviewee Critiques of the interview as a method 178 180 181 Forms and features of in-depth interviews 182 Key features ...
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... nature of observational evidence 245 The central presence of the researcher 245 Overt and covert research – and where they blur 247 Intention and forms of data capture 248 Developing fieldnotes Choosing observation as method Observation ...
... nature of observational evidence 245 The central presence of the researcher 245 Overt and covert research – and where they blur 247 Intention and forms of data capture 248 Developing fieldnotes Choosing observation as method Observation ...
Contents
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4 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 77 |
5 DESIGNING AND SELECTING SAMPLES | 111 |
6 DESIGNING FIELDWORK | 147 |
7INDEPTH INTERVIEWS | 177 |
8 FOCUS GROUPS | 211 |
9 OBSERVATION | 243 |
PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES | 269 |
11 ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE | 295 |
12 GENERALISING FROM QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 347 |
13 WRITING UP QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 367 |
REFERENCES | 401 |
INDEX | 421 |
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