Need practical advice on how to do your first qualitative research project? This book will guide you through each step of the research process: from brainstorming ideas and working with your supervisor to navigating the field to writing up your results. Driven by examples from other students’ projects, the book features discussions on translating social problems into research topics, collecting data in the wake of a pandemic, and guidance from Qualitative Data Analysis Software expert Christian Schmieder to help you summarise, categorise, and review qualitative data. A new chapter on how much data you need answers the age-old question: ‘how many interviews or case studies are enough?’ It also includes: - Articles and websites to build your bibliography - Questions to test your knowledge - Videos from world-leading qualitative experts - Activities to dig deeper into key concepts and think critically about research - Lessons-learned discussions with other researchers - Exercises to help you choose the right path for your project. Key features: in addition to the online Silverman Workshops, the book includes top tips, end-of-chapter checklists to test your understanding, and annotated further reading so you can develop your knowledge further.
New to this edition are additional collection methods, a new section on analysis and interpretation, more emphasis on participatory strategies, and suggestions for evaluating quality and enhancing reflexivity incorporated throughout the ...
Coffey and Atkinson (1996). I say 'most intelligently' because I think concerns about the computer imposing a particular analytic logic, alien to the spirit of qualitative research, can be fuelled by the slight paranoia about technology ...
By working through each chapter in this book, readers will be able to generate a unique digital workflow for designing and implementing their research.
Miller's observation points to the need for consideration of ethics not only at the design stage, but also throughout the study. However, if the proposal is not approved, the inquiry cannot proceed, ...
The text offers useful descriptions of how and why research questions are formulated and explains the importance of selecting appropriate methods for research investigations.
I suspect that this book will never be far from my side over the next 4 years!!′ - Mayen Konarski, PhD student Using straight-forward language Doing Qualitative Research Using Your Computer walks readers through the process of managing ...
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches.
Beginning with ethics and quality and moving through to literature reviews, methodologies, analysis and writing up research reports, this ‘how to’ manual introduces the reader to foundational concepts and the key skills they need to ...
Analyzing data and reporting findings Written by a scholar-practitioner in e-learning and online academia with 15 years’ experience, this book will help all those new to online research by providing a range of examples and illustrations ...