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 1992
... further clarify our thinking about how to do rigorous qualitative research and to reflect current practice . Throughout the book , we have updated the examples included to illustrate the principles and processes described , drawing ...
... further clarify our thinking about how to do rigorous qualitative research and to reflect current practice . Throughout the book , we have updated the examples included to illustrate the principles and processes described , drawing ...
Page 1996
... further research 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 ...
... further research 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 ...
Page 1997
... further logics of enquiry into the social world : • Retroductive logic involves the researcher identifying the structures or mechanisms that may have produced patterns in the data , trying different models for ' fit ' • Abductive logic ...
... further logics of enquiry into the social world : • Retroductive logic involves the researcher identifying the structures or mechanisms that may have produced patterns in the data , trying different models for ' fit ' • Abductive logic ...
Page 1987
... further discussion under the title ' Critical qualitative theory ' , see Barnard [ 2012a , b ] ) . While over time the adoption of such an identity may make it easier to define the way research in this mode has been conducted , there is ...
... further discussion under the title ' Critical qualitative theory ' , see Barnard [ 2012a , b ] ) . While over time the adoption of such an identity may make it easier to define the way research in this mode has been conducted , there is ...
Page 1987
... further explanation or where more detail or depth about a phenomenon is needed . It can be particularly useful where there are subgroups that are too small for any detailed statistical analysis , or where the group in question appear to ...
... further explanation or where more detail or depth about a phenomenon is needed . It can be particularly useful where there are subgroups that are too small for any detailed statistical analysis , or where the group in question appear to ...
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