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Doing Qualitative Research
Sixth Edition
- David Silverman - Visiting Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and King’s College, London, Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths’ College, Visiting Professor Emeritus at Leeds University Business School and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology
Additional resources:
Courses:
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | Public Health | Qualitative Inquiry | Qualitative Inquiry | Qualitative Research - General Interest | Qualitative Research in Business & Management | Research Methods in Health Psychology | Research Methods in Political Science
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | Public Health | Qualitative Inquiry | Qualitative Inquiry | Qualitative Research - General Interest | Qualitative Research in Business & Management | Research Methods in Health Psychology | Research Methods in Political Science
February 2022 | 656 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Need practical advice on how to do your first qualitative research project? This book will guide you through each step of the research process: from brainstorming ideas and working with your supervisor to navigating the field to writing up your results.
Driven by examples from other students’ projects, the book features discussions on translating social problems into research topics, collecting data in the wake of a pandemic, and guidance from Qualitative Data Analysis Software expert Christian Schmieder to help you summarise, categorise, and review qualitative data. A new chapter on how much data you need answers the age-old question: ‘how many interviews or case studies are enough?’
It also includes:
- Articles and websites to build your bibliography
- Questions to test your knowledge
- Videos from world-leading qualitative experts
- Activities to dig deeper into key concepts and think critically about research
- Lessons-learned discussions with other researchers
- Exercises to help you choose the right path for your project.
Key features: in addition to the online Silverman Workshops, the book includes top tips, end-of-chapter checklists to test your understanding, and annotated further reading so you can develop your knowledge further.
Driven by examples from other students’ projects, the book features discussions on translating social problems into research topics, collecting data in the wake of a pandemic, and guidance from Qualitative Data Analysis Software expert Christian Schmieder to help you summarise, categorise, and review qualitative data. A new chapter on how much data you need answers the age-old question: ‘how many interviews or case studies are enough?’
It also includes:
- Articles and websites to build your bibliography
- Questions to test your knowledge
- Videos from world-leading qualitative experts
- Activities to dig deeper into key concepts and think critically about research
- Lessons-learned discussions with other researchers
- Exercises to help you choose the right path for your project.
Key features: in addition to the online Silverman Workshops, the book includes top tips, end-of-chapter checklists to test your understanding, and annotated further reading so you can develop your knowledge further.
Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: How To Use This Book
Chapter 2: What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Qualitative Research
Chapter 3: Focusing a Research Project
Part Two: Starting Out and Project Foundations
Chapter 4: Formulating a Research Question
Chapter 5: Ethical Research
Chapter 6: Research Design
Chapter 7: Using Theories
Chapter 8: Choosing a Methodology
Chapter 9: Writing a Research Proposal
Part Three: Getting Support
Chapter 10: Making Good Use of Your Supervisor
Chapter 11: Getting Feedback
Part Four: Collecting and Analysing Data
Chapter 12: How much data do you need?
Chapter 13: Collecting Your Data
Chapter 14: Developing Data Analysis
Chapter 15: Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: An Introduction
Chapter 16: Quality in Qualitative Research
Chapter 17: Effective Qualitative Research
Part Five: Writing Up Your Research
Chapter 18: What Counts as ‘Originality’?
Chapter 19: Considering Your Audience
Chapter 20: The First Few Pages
Chapter 21: The Literature Review Chapter
Chapter 22: The Methodology Chapter
Chapter 23: Writing Your Data Chapters
Chapter 24: Your Concluding Chapter
Part Six: The Aftermath
Chapter 25: Managing an Oral Examination
Chapter 26: Getting Published
An excellent text for students undertaking independent research on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Swansea Business School (Swansea), University of Wales, Trinity St David
September 26, 2022
I'm going to use it for my course and provide its details on the students' reading list.
Extremely useful for graduate students!
Linguistics, Pomeranian University of Słupsk
July 6, 2022
This book will be a useful addition to the reading lists for those units in which students are exploring research methods.
Faculty of Health & Social Sciences(Nursing), Bournemouth University
January 29, 2023
Silverman is not only a classic but also essential for qualitative researchers - starting out our seasoned. Within the discipline of education, I can see students using this text as an essential bit of reading.
Faculty of Education, The Open University
June 17, 2022
Another great general reading on the topic
School of Psychology, Surrey University
January 25, 2023
Great resource
Valuable to dip into and accessible to students
Department of Nursing, Birmingham University
January 31, 2023
Using with Level 6 final year Dissertation
AHed, Peter Symond's College
January 18, 2022
