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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... relevant issues which will then be taken forward through in-depth interviews; or might be used after in-depth interviews to discuss the issues at a more strategic level. A design combining, say, individual interviews and some later ...
... relevant issues which will then be taken forward through in-depth interviews; or might be used after in-depth interviews to discuss the issues at a more strategic level. A design combining, say, individual interviews and some later ...
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... relevant. It is also, importantly, one which is realistic, conceived with regard both for practical constraints of time and money and for the reality of the research context and setting. Social research will always involve an element of ...
... relevant. It is also, importantly, one which is realistic, conceived with regard both for practical constraints of time and money and for the reality of the research context and setting. Social research will always involve an element of ...
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... relevant and useful, whether to policy, practice or the development of social theory •• informed by and connected to existing research, theory and need, with the potential to make an original contribution or to fill a gap. Box. 3.1.
... relevant and useful, whether to policy, practice or the development of social theory •• informed by and connected to existing research, theory and need, with the potential to make an original contribution or to fill a gap. Box. 3.1.
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... relevant and answerable research questions which are a key building block of the research design and from which will flow much of the remaining decisions around the design process. Incorporating literature and theory An understanding of ...
... relevant and answerable research questions which are a key building block of the research design and from which will flow much of the remaining decisions around the design process. Incorporating literature and theory An understanding of ...
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... relevance of the data for the new research purposes is required. Naturally occurring and generated data Having decided that new primary data is required, a key decision in the design stage is the type of data required to answer the ...
... relevance of the data for the new research purposes is required. Naturally occurring and generated data Having decided that new primary data is required, a key decision in the design stage is the type of data required to answer the ...
Contents
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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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