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 1990
... theoretical foundations. A recurrent 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 ...
... theoretical foundations. A recurrent 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 ...
Page 1994
... theoretical assumptions and that researchers should maintain consistency between their philosophical starting point and the methods they adopt . Indeed , maintaining consistency is seen as one way of producing more ' valid ' findings ...
... theoretical assumptions and that researchers should maintain consistency between their philosophical starting point and the methods they adopt . Indeed , maintaining consistency is seen as one way of producing more ' valid ' findings ...
Page 1999
... theoretical positions ' , ' paradigms ' , to name but a few . This section provides a summary of some of the key developments and major schools of thought that have influenced qualitative research to date . Given that , as Creswell ...
... theoretical positions ' , ' paradigms ' , to name but a few . This section provides a summary of some of the key developments and major schools of thought that have influenced qualitative research to date . Given that , as Creswell ...
Page 2000
... formalise their methods , 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 ' ...
... formalise their methods , 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 ' ...
Page 2002
... theoretical positions and approaches that now exist in qualitative research , Box 1.6 summaries the aims and disciplinary origins of some of the key traditions that have developed over the twentieth and twenty - first centuries . As ...
... theoretical positions and approaches that now exist in qualitative research , Box 1.6 summaries the aims and disciplinary origins of some of the key traditions that have developed over the twentieth and twenty - first centuries . As ...
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