Introducing Qualitative Research
A Student's Guide to the Craft of Doing Qualitative Research
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2007
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-4129-1266-2 (ISBN)
Description
Introducing Qualitative Research is an ideal starter text for those new to the field, providing thorough coverage of all the core areas of qualitative research practice.
Rose Barbour draws on her extensive teaching experience to provide a clear, user-friendly introduction to the craft of doing qualitative research. Each chapter comes with a range of exercises and with excerpts of genuine qualitative data that help the reader get a good feel for the process of generating and analysing qualitative data.
Barbour's hands-on explanatory style used throughout makes this the ideal textbook for students of qualitative methods courses in any social science discipline, and for students or novice researchers doing research projects using qualitative approaches.
Rose Barbour draws on her extensive teaching experience to provide a clear, user-friendly introduction to the craft of doing qualitative research. Each chapter comes with a range of exercises and with excerpts of genuine qualitative data that help the reader get a good feel for the process of generating and analysing qualitative data.
Barbour's hands-on explanatory style used throughout makes this the ideal textbook for students of qualitative methods courses in any social science discipline, and for students or novice researchers doing research projects using qualitative approaches.
Reviews / Votes
[In this book] Barbour drawns upon her extensive research experience as a medicail sociologist to offer those new to qualitaive research a 'vicarious apprenticeship' in the 'craft' of qualitative research...Indeed, anyone new to postgraduate qualitative research will welcome the single port of call Barbour creates with regard to analysis and groundwork, interrogating data and theorizing in qualitative data analysis. This is because she has taken a considered, informed and holistic approach to qualitative research, and created a rich and user-friendly resourceQualitative Research
The book's four sections steadily work through the research process with chapters on ethnography, interviews, and focus groups as well as 'Mixing Methods' and 'Action Research'. Chapters begin with student-friendly bullet-pointed aims, and finish with workshop exercises and further reading...The inclusion of three substantial chapters on analysis, theorizing and 'Presenting and Writing Up Qualitative Research' make this publication stand out from the crowd for attending to the daunting 'what next' of qualitative research....Barbour's use of real-life examples from her own experience is the most noteworthy aspect of this book, providing as it does accessible ways in for readers to imagine qualitative research. I found that the transcription excerpts, interview and focus group schedules, and various other anecdotal reflections were effectively used to stimulate engagement
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-1266-2 (9781412912662)
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Rosaline (Rose) S. Barbour is an Emerita Professor at the Open University, UK. A medical medial sociologist by discipline, she has carried out research on a variety of topics including reproductive/maternal health, HIV/AIDS, obesity, and cancer. Significantly, all of these projects are located at the intersection of the social and the clinical, thus affording a vantage point for developing and interrogating disciplinary and theoretical frameworks. Rose has published widely on qualitative research, particularly in relation to focus groups and the issue of rigour. Her most recent publications include Introducing Qualitative Research A Student's Guide, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2014); Doing Focus Groups, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2018); and A New Era of Focus Group Research: Challenges, Innovation and Practice (coedited with David L. Morgan; Palgrave, 2017).
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The Scope and Contribution of Qualitative Research
Research Design
Ethics
PART TWO: GENERATING DATA
Ethnography
Interviewing
Focus Groups
PART THREE: COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PRACTICE
Mixing Methods
Action Research
PART FOUR: ANALYZING AND PRESENTING QUALITATIVE DATA
Analysis Groundwork
Storing, Coding and Retrieving Data
Interrogating Your Data
Identifying Patterns
Theorizing in Qualitative Data Analysis
Presenting and Writing Up Qualitative Research
New Challenges and Perennial Dilemmas
The Scope and Contribution of Qualitative Research
Research Design
Ethics
PART TWO: GENERATING DATA
Ethnography
Interviewing
Focus Groups
PART THREE: COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PRACTICE
Mixing Methods
Action Research
PART FOUR: ANALYZING AND PRESENTING QUALITATIVE DATA
Analysis Groundwork
Storing, Coding and Retrieving Data
Interrogating Your Data
Identifying Patterns
Theorizing in Qualitative Data Analysis
Presenting and Writing Up Qualitative Research
New Challenges and Perennial Dilemmas