Managing Quality in Qualitative Research

Managing Quality in Qualitative Research

Author: Uwe Flick

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1526426196

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Quality underpins the success (or failure) of any piece of qualitative research. In this book, Uwe Flick takes you through the steps in method and design to ensure quality and reliability throughout the entire research process. Showing hands-on what it means to ′manage′ quality, this book puts the spotlight on practical questions and steps researchers can use to continually interrogate, improve and demonstrate quality in your research.


Analysing Qualitative Data

Analysing Qualitative Data

Author: Graham R Gibbs

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-06-21

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1446205223

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Outlining how to select the most appropriate tool for analyzing data, Analysing Qualitative Data also provides the reader with an awareness of the various challenges that are unique to interpreting the conceptual and subjective data generated in qualitative research.


Doing Interviews

Doing Interviews

Author: Svend Brinkmann

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1526426072

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This is a concise introduction to the richness and scope of interviewing in social science research, teaching the craft of interview research with practical, hands-on guidance. Incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview-based research and the different approaches to reading the data, this book will help you to navigate the broad field of qualitative research with confidence and get out there and start collecting your data.


Designing Qualitative Research

Designing Qualitative Research

Author: Uwe Flick

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2011-09-09

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1446205185

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Providing a comprehensive guide to devising an effective research design, Uwe Flick discusses each stage of the process of designing qualitative research in detail, including formulating a research design, selecting an appropriate strategy, conceptual framework and data source, and collecting and analyzing data.


Doing Grounded Theory

Doing Grounded Theory

Author: Uwe Flick

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1526430061

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This short, easy to read introduction to grounded theory will help you to employ the method in your research project. Uwe Flick discusses each stage of the process of doing grounded theory research, including formulating a research question through analysis of data, theoretical sampling, sorting and saturation, data collection, coding and forming theories from data.


Analyzing Qualitative Data

Analyzing Qualitative Data

Author: Graham R Gibbs

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 2018-10-19

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781473915817

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This book tackles the challenges of how to make sense of qualitative data. It offers students and researchers a hands-on guide to the practicalities of coding, comparing data, and using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. Lastly, Gibbs shows you how to bring it all together, so you can see the steps of qualitative analysis, understand the central place of coding, ensure analytic quality and write effectively to present your results.


The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis

Author: Uwe Flick

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2013-12-18

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1446296695

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The wide range of approaches to data analysis in qualitative research can seem daunting even for experienced researchers. This handbook is the first to provide a state-of-the art overview of the whole field of QDA; from general analytic strategies used in qualitative research, to approaches specific to particular types of qualitative data, including talk, text, sounds, images and virtual data. The handbook includes chapters on traditional analytic strategies such as grounded theory, content analysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology and narrative analysis, as well as coverage of newer trends like mixed methods, reanalysis and meta-analysis. Practical aspects such as sampling, transcription, working collaboratively, writing and implementation are given close attention, as are theory and theorization, reflexivity, and ethics. Written by a team of experts in qualitative research from around the world, this handbook is an essential compendium for all qualitative researchers and students across the social sciences.