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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... research over the last century. The different answers people arrive at with respect to questions about the nature of the social world, what it is possible to know about it, and how we can arrive at this knowledge have led to the ...
... research over the last century. The different answers people arrive at with respect to questions about the nature of the social world, what it is possible to know about it, and how we can arrive at this knowledge have led to the ...
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... researchers stress that qualitative and quantitative research methods should be seen as complementary strategies, appropriate to different types of research questions, or to viewing the same research problem through different 'lenses ...
... researchers stress that qualitative and quantitative research methods should be seen as complementary strategies, appropriate to different types of research questions, or to viewing the same research problem through different 'lenses ...
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... research methods is often necessary in answering the research questions posed. As such we believe that quality in research practice has more to do with choosing the right research tools for the task rather than with methods that are ...
... research methods is often necessary in answering the research questions posed. As such we believe that quality in research practice has more to do with choosing the right research tools for the task rather than with methods that are ...
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... researchers may need to adopt a more pragmatic stance in their research and draw on different resources available to them (both qualitative and quantitative) to address research questions. KEY. TERMS. Ontology is concerned with the nature ...
... researchers may need to adopt a more pragmatic stance in their research and draw on different resources available to them (both qualitative and quantitative) to address research questions. KEY. TERMS. Ontology is concerned with the nature ...
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... research in evaluation is integral and the way it is used will depend on the evaluative questions to be answered. But whatever the purpose, the need for evaluation to be done 'with' rather than 'to' those most involved is increasingly ...
... research in evaluation is integral and the way it is used will depend on the evaluative questions to be answered. But whatever the purpose, the need for evaluation to be done 'with' rather than 'to' those most involved is increasingly ...
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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