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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... themes: children and young people, society and social change, crime and justice, health and well-being, and income and work. NatCen Social Research specialises in the development and application of rigorous social research methods, with ...
... themes: children and young people, society and social change, crime and justice, health and well-being, and income and work. NatCen Social Research specialises in the development and application of rigorous social research methods, with ...
Page 1990
... theme from people who attended our qualitative research training courses was that they would like more practical advice. How do you actually put together a coherent topic guide? How do you design and select an effective sample? Once you ...
... theme from people who attended our qualitative research training courses was that they would like more practical advice. How do you actually put together a coherent topic guide? How do you design and select an effective sample? Once you ...
Page 1995
... themes . • Openness to emergent categories and theories at the analysis and interpretation stage . • Outputs that include detailed descriptions of the phenomena being researched , grounded in the perspectives and accounts of ...
... themes . • Openness to emergent categories and theories at the analysis and interpretation stage . • Outputs that include detailed descriptions of the phenomena being researched , grounded in the perspectives and accounts of ...
Page 2011
... themes added as appropriate ) , and if new and old data are displayed side by side . Reporting : it is also necessary to consider whether interim reporting on the first wave of research carried out will be useful , or whether reporting ...
... themes added as appropriate ) , and if new and old data are displayed side by side . Reporting : it is also necessary to consider whether interim reporting on the first wave of research carried out will be useful , or whether reporting ...
Page 2012
... theme in the development of qualitative approaches to understanding social life (Denzin and Lincoln, 2011). How much it is a central focus of particular research designs varies enormously depending on the theoretical position taken by ...
... theme in the development of qualitative approaches to understanding social life (Denzin and Lincoln, 2011). How much it is a central focus of particular research designs varies enormously depending on the theoretical position taken by ...
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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