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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... means reporting their personal experiences of 'the field'. Key philosophical issues in social research In order to understand the different approaches adopted by qualitative researchers, it is helpful to have some understanding of the ...
... means reporting their personal experiences of 'the field'. Key philosophical issues in social research In order to understand the different approaches adopted by qualitative researchers, it is helpful to have some understanding of the ...
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... means to accept particular claims as accurate or 'true'. In the natural sciences, the dominant theory of truth has (at least traditionally) been held to be one of correspondence – that is, there is a match between observations or ...
... means to accept particular claims as accurate or 'true'. In the natural sciences, the dominant theory of truth has (at least traditionally) been held to be one of correspondence – that is, there is a match between observations or ...
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... means of understanding human behaviour. As an interpretive tradition, symbolic interactionism informed the development of grounded theory as a methodological approach (Glaser and Strauss, 1967, Aldiabat and Le Navenec, 2011). One of the ...
... means of understanding human behaviour. As an interpretive tradition, symbolic interactionism informed the development of grounded theory as a methodological approach (Glaser and Strauss, 1967, Aldiabat and Le Navenec, 2011). One of the ...
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... means exhaustive. For a more extensive list see Creswell (2013) who has documented the various approaches and traditions mentioned in a wide range of texts. Box 1.6 Traditions and approaches in qualitative research Phenomenology ...
... means exhaustive. For a more extensive list see Creswell (2013) who has documented the various approaches and traditions mentioned in a wide range of texts. Box 1.6 Traditions and approaches in qualitative research Phenomenology ...
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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