Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and ResearchersJane Ritchie, Jane Lewis, Professor of Social Policy 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: A practical account of how to carry out qualitative research which recognises a range of current approaches and applications A brand new chapter on ethics A brand new chapter on observational research Updated advice on using software when analysing your qualitative data New case studies which illustrate issues you may encounter and how problems have been tackled by other researchers. This book is an ideal guide for students, practitioners and researchers faced with the challenges of doing qualitative research in both applied and academic settings in messy real-life contexts. |
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Page viii
... strategies for qualitative research Purposive sampling 47 48 48 49 51 52 53 53 54 55 56 56 57 58 58 60 61 64 64 65 66 67 70 4 77 79 80 84 87 87 92 94 96 103 104 106 106 107 5 111 112 113 Theoretical sampling Convenience sampling Key ...
... strategies for qualitative research Purposive sampling 47 48 48 49 51 52 53 53 54 55 56 56 57 58 58 60 61 64 64 65 66 67 70 4 77 79 80 84 87 87 92 94 96 103 104 106 106 107 5 111 112 113 Theoretical sampling Convenience sampling Key ...
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... strategies In-depth Interviews Alice Yeo, Robin Legard, Jill Keegan, Kit Ward, Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Jane Lewis Perspectives on the interview 115 115 116 116 117 119 120 120 123 131 131 131 132 133 135 138 140 140 142 6 147 148 ...
... strategies In-depth Interviews Alice Yeo, Robin Legard, Jill Keegan, Kit Ward, Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Jane Lewis Perspectives on the interview 115 115 116 116 117 119 120 120 123 131 131 131 132 133 135 138 140 140 142 6 147 148 ...
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... strategies Encouraging in-depth exploration of emergent issues Exploring diversity of view Challenging social norms and apparent consensus Group composition and size Heterogeneity versus homogeneity Strangers, acquaintances and pre ...
... strategies Encouraging in-depth exploration of emergent issues Exploring diversity of view Challenging social norms and apparent consensus Group composition and size Heterogeneity versus homogeneity Strangers, acquaintances and pre ...
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... strategies or logics of enquiry – retroduction and abduction. In a retroductive strategy, the researcher seeks to devise a possible explanation for patterns in the data and identify the structures or mechanisms that might have produced ...
... strategies or logics of enquiry – retroduction and abduction. In a retroductive strategy, the researcher seeks to devise a possible explanation for patterns in the data and identify the structures or mechanisms that might have produced ...
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... strategies, appropriate to different types of research questions, or to viewing the same research problem through different 'lenses' (e.g. Silverman 2010, 2011; Gilbert, 2008). On this view, qualitative and quantitative methods are ...
... strategies, appropriate to different types of research questions, or to viewing the same research problem through different 'lenses' (e.g. Silverman 2010, 2011; Gilbert, 2008). On this view, qualitative and quantitative methods are ...
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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