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 2000
... interactions between people and the symbolic meanings and interpretations people attach to their social actions and environments as means of understanding human behaviour . As an interpretive tradition , symbolic interactionism informed ...
... interactions between people and the symbolic meanings and interpretations people attach to their social actions and environments as means of understanding human behaviour . As an interpretive tradition , symbolic interactionism informed ...
Page 1987
... interaction between social theory and social research ( Denzin and Lincoln , 2011 ; Hakim , 2000 ; May , 2001 ; Rossi and Lyall , 1978 ; Silverman , 2010 ) . Consequently , it is suggested that all research is based on certain ...
... interaction between social theory and social research ( Denzin and Lincoln , 2011 ; Hakim , 2000 ; May , 2001 ; Rossi and Lyall , 1978 ; Silverman , 2010 ) . Consequently , it is suggested that all research is based on certain ...
Page 1987
... interactions and relationships between stakeholder ) . Evaluation research has also made considerable use of qualitative methods in scrutinising the logic and assumptions underlying the design of particular programmes – an approach ...
... interactions and relationships between stakeholder ) . Evaluation research has also made considerable use of qualitative methods in scrutinising the logic and assumptions underlying the design of particular programmes – an approach ...
Page 2005
... interaction between researcher and participant , such as through interview or group discussions . Naturally occurring data is also known by terms such as data obtained via ' unobtrusive measures ' ( Berg and Lune , 2012 ) and generated ...
... interaction between researcher and participant , such as through interview or group discussions . Naturally occurring data is also known by terms such as data obtained via ' unobtrusive measures ' ( Berg and Lune , 2012 ) and generated ...
Page 2006
... interaction . Generated data collection methods , on the other hand , give participants a direct and explicit opportunity to articulate their own meanings and interpretations through the descriptions and explanations they provide ...
... interaction . Generated data collection methods , on the other hand , give participants a direct and explicit opportunity to articulate their own meanings and interpretations through the descriptions and explanations they provide ...
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