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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... Explanation Routes through the analytic process Computer-assisted qualitative analysis Using CAQDAS Benefits of CAQDAS The debate about CAQDAS Choosing a software package Analysis in Practice Liz Spencer, Jane Ritchie, William O'Connor ...
... Explanation Routes through the analytic process Computer-assisted qualitative analysis Using CAQDAS Benefits of CAQDAS The debate about CAQDAS Choosing a software package Analysis in Practice Liz Spencer, Jane Ritchie, William O'Connor ...
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... explanation for patterns in the data and identify the structures or mechanisms that might have produced them, trying out different models for 'fit'. Abduction is a research strategy unique to qualitative inquiry. Everyday activities ...
... explanation for patterns in the data and identify the structures or mechanisms that might have produced them, trying out different models for 'fit'. Abduction is a research strategy unique to qualitative inquiry. Everyday activities ...
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... explanations of reality. Postmodernist theories typically question 'modern' ideas that: •• there is an objective reality independent of human beings •• we can 'know' things with certainty, or that it is possible to develop general laws ...
... explanations of reality. Postmodernist theories typically question 'modern' ideas that: •• there is an objective reality independent of human beings •• we can 'know' things with certainty, or that it is possible to develop general laws ...
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... explanations. Disciplinary Research tradition origins Aims Critical theory (including Marxist and. Research tradition Disciplinary origins Aims Ethnography Sociology, Understanding the social world of people being Stanford Encylopedia of ...
... explanations. Disciplinary Research tradition origins Aims Critical theory (including Marxist and. Research tradition Disciplinary origins Aims Ethnography Sociology, Understanding the social world of people being Stanford Encylopedia of ...
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... explanations can only be offered at the level of meaning rather than cause. Qualitative research is largely associated with interpretivism. There is also epistemological debate about the relative merits and roles of induction and ...
... explanations can only be offered at the level of meaning rather than cause. Qualitative research is largely associated with interpretivism. There is also epistemological debate about the relative merits and roles of induction and ...
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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