Introducing Qualitative Research
A Student's Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 19. November 2013
392 pages
978-1-4462-9335-5 (ISBN)
Description
Rosaline Barbour draws on her extensive teaching experience to provide a clear, user-friendly introduction to the craft of doing qualitative research. Each chapter includes examples of real-life qualitative data and a range of exercises to help students get a feel for the process of generating and analysing qualitative data.
The second edition includes:
New examples from a range of social science disciplines, making this the perfect book no matter what course you're studying
More on unobtrusive methods of data collection, such as documentary analysis
More on internet research methods, mixed methods and visual methods
A new section on using software in qualitative research
A brand new companion website full of additional lecturer and student resources.
The second edition includes:
New examples from a range of social science disciplines, making this the perfect book no matter what course you're studying
More on unobtrusive methods of data collection, such as documentary analysis
More on internet research methods, mixed methods and visual methods
A new section on using software in qualitative research
A brand new companion website full of additional lecturer and student resources.
Reviews / Votes
An ideal starter text for students, novice researches and practitioners who are new to the qualitative research field. -- Karen Spilsbury 'In this second edition, Rose Barbour guides the reader through the qualitative research journey, in what is arguably one of the most comprehensive guides available...She simultaneously demystifies qualitative research whilst reiterating the expertise and skill which qualitative researchers must possess. For anyone who undertakes qualitative research - postgraduate students in particular - this book would be an indispensible addition to the bookshelf.' -- Christina Dobson * LSE Book Reviews *All prices
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4462-9335-5 (9781446293355)
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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Person
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
Qualitative Traditions: Epistemology and Ontology
Research Design
Ethics
PART TWO: GENERATING DATA
Interviews
Focus Groups
Ethnography
Other Sources of Qualitative Data
PART THREE: COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PRACTICE
Mixing Methods
Action Research
PART FOUR: ANALYZING AND PRESENTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Analysis: Processing, Coding, and Interrogating Data
Theorizing in Qualitative Analysis
Presenting and Writing-up Qualitative Research
The Scope and Contribution of Qualitative Research
Qualitative Traditions: Epistemology and Ontology
Research Design
Ethics
PART TWO: GENERATING DATA
Interviews
Focus Groups
Ethnography
Other Sources of Qualitative Data
PART THREE: COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PRACTICE
Mixing Methods
Action Research
PART FOUR: ANALYZING AND PRESENTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Analysis: Processing, Coding, and Interrogating Data
Theorizing in Qualitative Analysis
Presenting and Writing-up Qualitative Research
