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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... observations of the world, which in turn provide the basis for developing theories or laws •• Deductive logic is a top-down approach to knowledge. It starts with a theory from which a hypothesis is derived and applied to observations ...
... observations of the world, which in turn provide the basis for developing theories or laws •• Deductive logic is a top-down approach to knowledge. It starts with a theory from which a hypothesis is derived and applied to observations ...
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... observation – some researchers propose 'empathic neutrality', a position that recognises that research cannot be ... observations or readings of the natural world and an independent reality. An alternative view, known as the ...
... observation – some researchers propose 'empathic neutrality', a position that recognises that research cannot be ... observations or readings of the natural world and an independent reality. An alternative view, known as the ...
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... observation (induction – see Box 1.3) rather than deduced from abstract propositions. Similarly David Hume (1711–76), who is associated with the founding of the empirical research tradition, suggested that all knowledge about the world ...
... observation (induction – see Box 1.3) rather than deduced from abstract propositions. Similarly David Hume (1711–76), who is associated with the founding of the empirical research tradition, suggested that all knowledge about the world ...
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... observation •• Regularities and 'constant conjunctions' are identified •• Inductive reasoning is used after data ... observations •• Deductive reasoning is used to postulate possible relationships and models before data are collected ...
... observation •• Regularities and 'constant conjunctions' are identified •• Inductive reasoning is used after data ... observations •• Deductive reasoning is used to postulate possible relationships and models before data are collected ...
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... observation and that people use these all the time. He proposed that perception relates not only to the senses but to human interpretations of what the senses tell us. As such, knowledge of the world is based on 'understanding', which ...
... observation and that people use these all the time. He proposed that perception relates not only to the senses but to human interpretations of what the senses tell us. As such, knowledge of the world is based on 'understanding', which ...
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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