Qualitative Researching

The Second Edition of this best-selling text offers students and first-time researchers invaluable guidance on the practice of qualitative social research.

Throughout the author addresses the key issues which need to be identified and resolved in the qualitative research process, and through which researchers develop essential skills in qualitative research. The book highlights the "difficult questions" that researchers should get into the habit of asking themselves in the course of doing qualitative research, and outlines the implications of the different ways of responding to these questions.

The new edition of Qualitative Researching has been fully revised and updated with expanded coverage of observation, documents, visual data, CAQDAS, and writing qualitative research. The text bridges the gap between "cookbook" approaches to qualitative research and abstract methodogical approaches. Helping the reader to move comfortably between principle and practice, this text has proved to be an invaluable introduction to qualitative research, and a useful aid to accomplished qualitative research practice across the social sciences.

Contents: PART ONE: QUESTIONS OF STRATEGY Finding a Focus and Knowing Where You Stand Designing Qualitative Research PART TWO: GENERATING QUALITATIVE DATA Data Sources, Methods and Approaches Qualitative Interviewing Observing and Participating Using Visual Methods and Documents Sampling and Selection in Qualitative Research PART THREE: ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA Organizing and Indexing Qualitative Data Making Convincing Arguments with Qualitative Data