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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Page 2001
... decision- making . However , these participatory and user - led approaches have not been without challenges , including how to avoid tokenism ( Cook , 2012 ) and balancing participant involvement with maintaining quality ( see for ...
... decision- making . However , these participatory and user - led approaches have not been without challenges , including how to avoid tokenism ( Cook , 2012 ) and balancing participant involvement with maintaining quality ( see for ...
Page 1987
... decision, attitude, behaviour or other phenomena. It also allows associations that occur in people's thinking or ... decisions, actions or non-actions why do people 'decide' or choose not to have children? what leads people to become ...
... decision, attitude, behaviour or other phenomena. It also allows associations that occur in people's thinking or ... decisions, actions or non-actions why do people 'decide' or choose not to have children? what leads people to become ...
Page 1987
... decisions that are to be made , the level of evidence necessary to support those decisions , ethical considerations and utility . No design should be lauded as a gold standard without regard to context and situation . ( Patton , 2012 ...
... decisions that are to be made , the level of evidence necessary to support those decisions , ethical considerations and utility . No design should be lauded as a gold standard without regard to context and situation . ( Patton , 2012 ...
Page 1987
... decisions are the focus of the study ( for example the ways verdicts are formed in criminal proceedings ) . Again , participants will need time to reflect both on the issue itself and on their own thinking and will require facilitative ...
... decisions are the focus of the study ( for example the ways verdicts are formed in criminal proceedings ) . Again , participants will need time to reflect both on the issue itself and on their own thinking and will require facilitative ...
Page 1987
... Decisions about the role and status of quantitative and qualitative methods will often have implications for the order in which different methods are employed within a study - or sequencing as it often termed ( e.g. Flick , 2009 ; Miles ...
... Decisions about the role and status of quantitative and qualitative methods will often have implications for the order in which different methods are employed within a study - or sequencing as it often termed ( e.g. Flick , 2009 ; Miles ...
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accessed accounts analysis analytic approach asking behaviour CAQDAS challenge Chapter concepts conducted consent consider context conversation analysis criteria data collection Denzin described detail developed diversity edition ensure ethical ethnography evaluation evidence example experiences explanations explore factors fieldnotes fieldwork findings focus groups framework further gambling gatekeepers generalisation grounded theory group discussions Hammersley identified impact important in-depth interviews individual informed consent interaction interpretation involved issues Kvale linkage London McNaughton Nicholls means NatCen Social Research observation organisation participatory action research particular perspectives phenomena potential practice problem gambling qualitative data qualitative data analysis qualitative methods qualitative research quantitative relevant Research Methods research questions research study researcher's response role Sage sample frame selection Silverman social world specific stage strategies study population summary thematic themes theoretical theoretical sampling theory Thousand Oaks topic guide types typology understanding views