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Qualitative HCI research : going behind the scenes / Ann Blandford, Dominic Furniss, Stephann Makri.

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Main Authors: Blandford, Ann (Author), Furniss, Dominic (Author), Makri, Stephann (Author)
Other title:Qualitative human-computer interaction research.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, 2016.
Series:Synthesis lectures on human-centered informatics (Online) ; # 34.
Subjects:
Human-computer interaction > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 An overview of qualitative approaches and methods in HCI
  • 1.2 The space of interpretive qualitative studies in HCI
  • 1.3 Overview of topics
  • 2. Planning a study
  • 2.1 So, you've got this great idea or burning question
  • 2.2 Planning and preparation
  • 2.3 Being realistic: resources and constraints
  • 2.4 Ethics and informed consent
  • 2.5 Accommodating researcher biases and pre-existing theory when planning a study
  • 2.6 Summary and checklist: planning a study
  • 3. Sampling and recruitment
  • 3.1 Approaches to sampling
  • 3.2 Sampling in practice: recruiting participants
  • 3.3 Sampling in practice: negotiating access
  • 3.4 How many participants?
  • 3.5 Summary and checklist: recruiting participants
  • 4. Gathering data
  • 4.1 The role of the researcher
  • 4.2 Observation
  • 4.3 Think-aloud
  • 4.4 Semi-structured interviews
  • 4.5 Focus groups
  • 4.6 Diary studies and autoethnography
  • 4.7 Working with existing sources
  • 4.8 Summary and checklist: data gathering
  • 5. Analysing data
  • 5.1 From buckets to causal narratives: different approaches to coding and analysing data
  • 5.2 A pragmatic approach to analysis
  • 5.3 Tools for qualitative data analysis
  • 5.4 Thematic analysis
  • 5.5 Illustrative example
  • 5.6 Top-down approaches to analysis
  • 5.7 Summary and checklist: analysing data
  • 6. Paradigms and strategies
  • 6.1 Research paradigms
  • 6.2 Research strategies
  • 6.2.1 Basing a study on a particular theoretical perspective
  • 6.2.2 Theory shaping analysis
  • 6.2.3 Ethnomethodology
  • 6.2.4 Contextual inquiry
  • 6.2.5 Participant observation and action research
  • 6.2.6 Grounded theory
  • 6.3 Mixed methods and staged approaches
  • 6.4 Responding to the situation
  • 6.5 Summary and checklist: study shaping issues
  • 7. Reporting
  • 7.1 Communicating quality through reporting
  • 7.2 Summary and checklist: reporting a study
  • 8. Ensuring quality in qualitative research
  • 8.1 Starting with the basics
  • 8.2 Building quality into the process
  • 8.3 External validation: inter-rater reliability, triangulation and respondent validation
  • 8.4 Summary and checklist: quality of qualitative research
  • 9. Conclusions and further resources
  • 9.1 Qualitative research: a space of possibilities
  • 9.2 Further resources
  • 9.3 Going behind the scenes
  • Bibliography
  • Authors' biographies.

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