Description
Book SynopsisThe third edition of this best-selling text guides students and researchers through the process of doing qualitative research,clearly explaining how different theoretical approaches inform what you do in practice. The text bridges the gap between cookbook' and more abstract approaches to qualitative research, by posing difficult questions' that researchers should be asking themselves . The book invites researchers to engage in a creative and critical practice in how they draw insights, interpret a range of types of data and craft knowledge from qualitative research.
Fully revised and updated, with three new chapters, this edition:
Covers the full research process, with new material on analysing and interpreting data and research ethics
Engages with exciting new developments in the field through challenging qualitative researchers to be creative with how they research and with what they find.
Examines the potential of qualitatively-led approach
Trade Review
Sophisticated and insightful, yet easy to follow, and suitable for all levels. Make this your core text – you won’t be disappointed.
Takes students though the research process, providing insight and sound advice but never ignores the subtleties of the research process. An excellent book.
-- Janet Foster
Table of ContentsPreface and introduction to the third edition of this book PART I - RESEARCH STRATEGY AND DESIGN Chapter 1 - Intellectual puzzles and research questions Chapter 2 - Choosing methods and planning your approach Chapter 3 - Sampling and selecting in qualitative research Chapter 4 - Ethics PART II - GENERATING DATA Chapter 5 - Qualitative interviewing Chapter 6 - Observing and participating Chapter 7 - Being creative with methods PART III - ANALYSING DATA Chapter 8 - Making sense of qualitative data Chapter 9 - Making convincing argument with qualitative data
