Handling qualitative data : a practical guide

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Handling qualitative data : a practical guide

Lyn Richards

Sage, 2015

3rd ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: 2010

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-227) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Third Edition of Lyn Richards' best-selling book is the perfect introduction to qualitative research for students and practitioners. Recognizing that for many new researchers dealing with data is the main point of departure, this book helps them to acquire an understanding of the skills and methodological issues that are central to qualitative research. Author Lyn Richards provides practical guidance on how to handle, reflect on and make sense of rich data, while at the same time showing how a consideration of methods and their philosophical underpinnings informs how we should best handle our data. Detailed sections cover: the processes of making, meeting, sorting, coding, documenting, and exploring qualitative data; how to see a study as a whole and write it, and making and justifying claims. Each chapter smoothly integrates software use with discussion of the main challenges that software users are likely to encounter. Novice researchers who use this book will be able to achieve valid and useful outcomes from qualitative analysis, and ensure they do justice to their data.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Setting up Setting up Your Project Making Qualitative Data Data Records Part II: Working with the Data Up from the Data Coding Handling Ideas Part III: Making Sense of Your Data What Are You Aiming for? Searching the Data Seeing a Whole Telling It

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Details

  • NCID
    BB17343647
  • ISBN
    • 9781446276051
    • 9781446276068
  • LCCN
    2014939150
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Los Angeles
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 236 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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