The definitive guide to the full qualitative research process, from design to dissemination, this is everything you need to understand how good quality research is produced, and how to use and enrich your own work with it.

New to this edition:

-       A new structure follows the research process step-by-step

-        Brand new chapter on digital methods and social media data explores cutting-edge research

-        Multi-disciplinary case studies give you real research examples whatever your subject

-        Focused reading exercises help you explore the literature and build a better bibliography

-        Integrated online resources, to master the key concepts, discover real research and track your progress

 An Introduction to Qualitative Research has everything a social science student needs to understand and explore the richness of qualitative research.

 

PART 1 FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Chapter 1 Why and how to do qualitative research
Chapter 2 The qualitative-quantitative distinction
Chapter 3 Theoretical frameworks
Chapter 4 Methods and data in qualitative research
Chapter 5 Texts as data in qualitative research
PART 2 RESEARCH DESIGN
Chapter 6 Formulating a research question
Chapter 7 Choosing and constructing the research design
Chapter 8 Planning the process in qualitative research
Chapter 9 Ethics of doing qualitative research
Chapter 10 Using the existing literature
Chapter 11 Entering the field
Chapter 12 Sampling
Chapter 13 Extending qualitative designs with triangulation
PART 3 VERBAL DATA
Chapter 14 Collecting verbal data
Chapter 15 Doing interviews
Chapter 16 Doing focus groups
Chapter 17 Using narrative data
PART 4 DATA BEYOND TALK
Chapter 18 Collecting data beyond talk
Chapter 19 Observation and ethnography
Chapter 20 Visual data: photography, film and video
Chapter 21 Using documents as data
Chapter 22 Digital and social media research
PART 5 QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Chapter 23 Analyzing qualitative data
Chapter 24 Transcription and data management
Chapter 25 Grounded theory coding
Chapter 26 Thematic coding and content analysis
Chapter 27 Using naturally occurring data: conversation, discourse and hermeneutic analysis
Chapter 28 Using software in qualitative data analysis
PART 6 GROUNDING, WRITING AND OUTLOOK
Chapter 29 Quality of qualitative research: criteria and beyond
Chapter 30 Writing qualitative research
Chapter 31 State of the art and the future