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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... particular experience in using qualitative methods in evaluation research . CONTRIBUTORS Sue Arthur is a Research Director at NatCen Social Research with a particular interest in qualitative data analysis . Matt Barnard worked at NatCen ...
... particular experience in using qualitative methods in evaluation research . CONTRIBUTORS Sue Arthur is a Research Director at NatCen Social Research with a particular interest in qualitative data analysis . Matt Barnard worked at NatCen ...
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... particular research environment , reflecting a particular mix of philosophy , research objectives , participants , funders and audiences . It will therefore be helpful for readers to understand where and how we situate our approach ...
... particular research environment , reflecting a particular mix of philosophy , research objectives , participants , funders and audiences . It will therefore be helpful for readers to understand where and how we situate our approach ...
Page 1999
... particular experiences . Knowing and knowledge therefore transcend basic empirical enquiry . Following this line of reasoning , those practising qualitative research have tended to place emphasis and value on human interpretation of the ...
... particular experiences . Knowing and knowledge therefore transcend basic empirical enquiry . Following this line of reasoning , those practising qualitative research have tended to place emphasis and value on human interpretation of the ...
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... particular groups , typically via immersion in their community . Early examples of ethnographers include Malinowski , Radcliffe - Brown , Margaret Mead , Gregory Bateson and Franz Boas , all of whom studied ' native ' populations abroad ...
... particular groups , typically via immersion in their community . Early examples of ethnographers include Malinowski , Radcliffe - Brown , Margaret Mead , Gregory Bateson and Franz Boas , all of whom studied ' native ' populations abroad ...
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... particular theoretical tradition , ' school ' or paradigm . It is common when teaching qualitative methods to find researchers who are bewildered by which approach they should take for example should they use a constructionist , or an ...
... particular theoretical tradition , ' school ' or paradigm . It is common when teaching qualitative methods to find researchers who are bewildered by which approach they should take for example should they use a constructionist , or an ...
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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