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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... quantitative and qualitative research across all major social policy areas, with a focus on five key substantive themes: children and young people, society and social change, crime and justice, health and well-being, and income and work ...
... quantitative and qualitative research across all major social policy areas, with a focus on five key substantive themes: children and young people, society and social change, crime and justice, health and well-being, and income and work ...
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... quantitative methods . Rachel has 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 ...
... quantitative methods . Rachel has 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 ...
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... quantitative research in general or with ' traditional ' quantitative research ( e.g. Denzin and Lincoln , 2011 ; Flick , 2009 ; Strauss and Corbin , 1998 ; Willis , 2007 ) . However , others ( e.g. Silverman , 2011 ) caution against ...
... quantitative research in general or with ' traditional ' quantitative research ( e.g. Denzin and Lincoln , 2011 ; Flick , 2009 ; Strauss and Corbin , 1998 ; Willis , 2007 ) . However , others ( e.g. Silverman , 2011 ) caution against ...
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... quantitative social research . For example , during the 1930s and 1940s , Popper criticised the idea that general laws could be derived from observations on the grounds that it was always possible that a future observation might prove ...
... quantitative social research . For example , during the 1930s and 1940s , Popper criticised the idea that general laws could be derived from observations on the grounds that it was always possible that a future observation might prove ...
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... , stressing the importance of rigour in data collection and analysis . By the 1970s quantitative research also faced a number of theoretical challenges , including : ⚫ whether it is possible to ' control ' variables.
... , stressing the importance of rigour in data collection and analysis . By the 1970s quantitative research also faced a number of theoretical challenges , including : ⚫ whether it is possible to ' control ' variables.
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