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 1987
... depth about a phenomenon is needed . It can be particularly useful where there are subgroups that are too small for any detailed statistical analysis , or where the group in question appear to have an important perspective on the ...
... depth about a phenomenon is needed . It can be particularly useful where there are subgroups that are too small for any detailed statistical analysis , or where the group in question appear to have an important perspective on the ...
Page 2004
... in such similar ways in the existing literature that researchers uncritically adopt and recreate this ... depth exposure Thus there are many choices to be made about the. • ' kitchen sinkers ' whose minds are cluttered by all kinds ...
... in such similar ways in the existing literature that researchers uncritically adopt and recreate this ... depth exposure Thus there are many choices to be made about the. • ' kitchen sinkers ' whose minds are cluttered by all kinds ...
Page 2005
... in the data available . This will limit the depth that secondary analysis can go to and may even lead to misleading ... interviews , various forms of group discussion and observation are methods such as textual analysis ...
... in the data available . This will limit the depth that secondary analysis can go to and may even lead to misleading ... interviews , various forms of group discussion and observation are methods such as textual analysis ...
Page 2006
... in their enactment of it , it is the researcher and not the participant who draws out that meaning and makes it ... depth interviews , observations or focus groups ? Interview and Focus Group Data If generated data are sought ...
... in their enactment of it , it is the researcher and not the participant who draws out that meaning and makes it ... depth interviews , observations or focus groups ? Interview and Focus Group Data If generated data are sought ...
Page 2007
... in group composition, but it is usually helpful for there to be some commonality between people in their relationship to the research topic or in the socio-demographic ... In - depth interviews Nature of For generating in -
... in group composition, but it is usually helpful for there to be some commonality between people in their relationship to the research topic or in the socio-demographic ... In - depth interviews Nature of For generating in -
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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