Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers

by Jane Lewis and Jane Beaglehole Ritchie

Book Overview

Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualitative research in the real world? Written by a team... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761971106
• ISBN13: 9780761971108
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

How Do I Do Qualitative Research When They're Not Supposed to Tell Me How?

The most helpful and practical book I've read yet on how to do qualitative research (for my dissertation, natch). Essays include a historical essay on the foundations of qualitative research and a theoretical overview of the applications of qualitative methods to social research, outlining and defending the use of qualitative research in the practical policy sphere. Where the rubber really hits the road is the step-by-step overview and descriptions of actually performing qualitative research, from initial research design and sampling through the interview process and data analysis afterward. Qualitative research is notoriously vague on how-tos; for many, that's part of the attraction. Those who need an introduction, or a more methodical approach to being non-methodical, will find this book immensely stimulating and productive.