Doing and writing qualitative research [electronic resource] / Adrian Holliday.
Providing accessible advice for novice researchers on where to begin and how to proceed, this title also guides the more experienced researcher through the social, cultural and political complexities involved in every step of the way.
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| Language: | English |
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2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Approaching Qualitative Research; Qualitative and quantitative; Schools and approaches; Writer as stranger; Summary; 2 Starting Out; Researching everyday life; Determining the area; Establishing a research question; Defining the research setting; Summary; 3 Showing the Workings; Introductions; Conceptual framework; Describing procedures; Significance of research strategy; Articulating issues; Summary; 4 What Counts as Data; Overview of qualitative data; Artefacts revealing the unfamiliar.
- Arising from social settingsThick description; Approaching thick description; Summary; 5 Writing about Data; From data to written study; Organizing and presenting data; Degrees of explicitness; Preserving original richness; Photographs as co-constructed text; Caution; Summary; 6 Writer Voice; The struggle with convention; New thinking; The author writes back; Creating coherence; Personal orientation, history and narrative; Achieving credibility; Summary; 7 Writing about Relations; Reflexivity; The small culture of dealing; Setting up relations; Establishing relations; Behaving appropriately.
- Using experience as dataDisciplined learning; Summary; 8 Making Appropriate Claims; Allowing 'ordinary' voice; Cautious detachment; Suspending judgement; People in relationships; Summary; Topics for Discussion; Written Studies Used as Examples; References; Index.