An introduction to qualitative research - Flick, Uwe; Owen, Alysha (Los Angeles SAGE, 2018)
Why and how to do qualitative research -- The qualitative-quantitative distinction -- Theoretical frameworks -- Methods and data in qualitative research -- Texts as data in qualitative research -- Formulating a research question -- Choosing and constructing the research design -- Planning the process in qualitative research -- Ethics of doing qualitative research -- Using the existing literature -- Entering the field -- Sampling -- Extending qualitative designs with triangulation -- Collecting verbal data -- Doing interviews -- Doing focus groups -- Using narrative data -- Collecting data beyond talk -- Observation and ethnography -- Visual data: photography, film and video -- Using documents as data -- Digital and social media research -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Transcription and data management -- Grounded theory coding -- Thematic coding and content analysis -- Using naturally occurring data: conversation, discourse and hermeneutic analysis -- Using software in qualitative data analysis -- Quality of qualitative research: criteria and beyond -- Writing qualitative research -- State of the art and the future.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Psychology -- Qualitative research; Social science -- Methodology; Qualitative research