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Qualitative Data Analysis
Practical Strategies
Second Edition
- Patricia Bazeley - Western Sydney University, Australia
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December 2020 | 584 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Balancing theoretical foundations with practical strategies, this book helps you develop an approach to your qualitative analysis that is both systematic and insightful.
It demonstrates the importance of tying analysis into every aspect of research, from design, through data collection and management, to writing up, and provides step-by-step guidance on how to embed analysis from start to finish. Grounded in the reality of doing research, this second edition:
• Presents visual and text-based methods for analysis, using manual and digital tools
• Inspires confidence as you code, connect and interrogate observational, text and visual data
• Showcases best practice and helps you navigate real-life dilemmas using case studies of research from across the social sciences.
Together with rich online resources including videos, datasets and journal articles, this is an important new edition for all students undertaking qualitative research, with a focus on analysis and design.
It demonstrates the importance of tying analysis into every aspect of research, from design, through data collection and management, to writing up, and provides step-by-step guidance on how to embed analysis from start to finish. Grounded in the reality of doing research, this second edition:
• Presents visual and text-based methods for analysis, using manual and digital tools
• Inspires confidence as you code, connect and interrogate observational, text and visual data
• Showcases best practice and helps you navigate real-life dilemmas using case studies of research from across the social sciences.
Together with rich online resources including videos, datasets and journal articles, this is an important new edition for all students undertaking qualitative research, with a focus on analysis and design.
Part I: Laying the foundations for analysis
Chapter 1: Thinking and working qualitatively
Chapter 2: Foundations for thinking and working qualitatively
Chapter 3: Design that supports analysis
Chapter 4: Managing and preparing data for analysis
Part II: Fundamentals of analysis: working with data
Chapter 5: Read, reflect, and connect: initial explorations of data
Chapter 6: Coding as an analytic strategy
Chapter 7: Tools to manage the coding process
Chapter 8: Codes, themes, and descriptive writing
Chapter 9: Working with cases to build understanding and explanation
Chapter 10: Learning from stories, accounts, and conversations
Chapter 11: Analysing visual data
Chapter 12: Comparative analyses using coded data
Part III: Extending analysis beyond codes and themes
Chapter 13: Exploring, seeing, and investigating connections in data
Chapter 14: Elaborating concepts, developing theory
Chapter 15: Realising coherent understanding
Chapter 16: Defending and extending: issues of quality and significance
Anyone, including postgraduate students and early career researchers who need more confidence in handling qualitative data, will find this book useful. It offers practical guidance and helpful tips.
School of Nursing (Canterbury), Canterbury Christ Church University
October 14, 2023
This book is an excellent resource for doctoral students learning to conduct rigorous qualitative inquiry. The practical guidance for designing, executing, and reporting qualitative research aligns well with the needs of my advanced data analysis class.
Leadership Studies, Kansas State University
August 7, 2023
Good for an introductory level graduate class.
School of Letters & Sciences, Arizona State Univ Polytechnic
December 3, 2021
Great book! I would like to adopt in the future but was not asked to teach the course of the review document.
Educational Psychology & Counseling, University Of Tennessee
November 5, 2021
It was used for students to gain an understanding of Qualitative data analysis and the difference between qualitative and quantitative
Strategy and Human Resources Department, Bedfordshire University
October 13, 2021
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