Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and ResearchersJane Ritchie, Jane Lewis, Professor of Social Policy 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: A practical account of how to carry out qualitative research which recognises a range of current approaches and applications A brand new chapter on ethics A brand new chapter on observational research Updated advice on using software when analysing your qualitative data New case studies which illustrate issues you may encounter and how problems have been tackled by other researchers. This book is an ideal guide for students, practitioners and researchers faced with the challenges of doing qualitative research in both applied and academic settings in messy real-life contexts. |
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... groups, observations, deliberative and other engagement methods, and all sorts of electronic, textual, visual or ... group discussion and observation – are methods such as textual analysis, conversation analysis, narrative analysis ...
... groups, observations, deliberative and other engagement methods, and all sorts of electronic, textual, visual or ... group discussion and observation – are methods such as textual analysis, conversation analysis, narrative analysis ...
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... conversations, media coverage, policy documents, blogs, diaries, case files, public archives, the Internet and so on ... group discussions. Naturally occurring data is also known by terms such as data obtained via 'unobtrusive measures ...
... conversations, media coverage, policy documents, blogs, diaries, case files, public archives, the Internet and so on ... group discussions. Naturally occurring data is also known by terms such as data obtained via 'unobtrusive measures ...
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... group data If generated data are sought either instead of or alongside other types such as naturally occurring data, the next consideration is the type of method to use to ... discussion of individual and group interviews design issues 55.
... group data If generated data are sought either instead of or alongside other types such as naturally occurring data, the next consideration is the type of method to use to ... discussion of individual and group interviews design issues 55.
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... discussion of individual and group interviews looks specifically at face-to-face encounters. We discuss Internet research in the subsequent section. Selection between individual interview and group methods is likely to turn on three key ...
... discussion of individual and group interviews looks specifically at face-to-face encounters. We discuss Internet research in the subsequent section. Selection between individual interview and group methods is likely to turn on three key ...
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... group discussion, unless what is required is a display of those social norms. But often the researcher will be concerned to get beyond what may be seen as socially acceptable, and the more private setting of an individual interview is ...
... group discussion, unless what is required is a display of those social norms. But often the researcher will be concerned to get beyond what may be seen as socially acceptable, and the more private setting of an individual interview is ...
Contents
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47 | |
4 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 77 |
5 DESIGNING AND SELECTING SAMPLES | 111 |
6 DESIGNING FIELDWORK | 147 |
7INDEPTH INTERVIEWS | 177 |
8 FOCUS GROUPS | 211 |
9 OBSERVATION | 243 |
PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES | 269 |
11 ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE | 295 |
12 GENERALISING FROM QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 347 |
13 WRITING UP QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 367 |
REFERENCES | 401 |
INDEX | 421 |
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