Introducing Qualitative Research: A Student′s Guide - Softcover

Barbour, Rosaline S.

 
9781446254608: Introducing Qualitative Research: A Student′s Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1446254607 ISBN 13: 9781446254608
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Rosaline Barbour draws on her extensive teaching experience to provide a clear, user-friendly introduction to the craft of doing qualitative research. Each chapter includes examples of real-life qualitative data and a range of exercises to help students get a feel for the process of generating and analysing qualitative data.

The second edition includes:

  • New examples from a range of social science disciplines, making this the perfect book no matter what course you’re studying
  • More on unobtrusive methods of data collection, such as documentary analysis
  • More on internet research methods, mixed methods and visual methods
  • A new section on using software in qualitative research
  • A brand new companion website full of additional lecturer and student resources.

 

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About the Author

Rosaline (Rose) S. Barbour is an Emerita Professor at the Open University, UK. A medical medial sociologist by discipline, she has carried out research on a variety of topics including reproductive/maternal health, HIV/AIDS, obesity, and cancer. Significantly, all of these projects are located at the intersection of the social and the clinical, thus affording a vantage point for developing and interrogating disciplinary and theoretical frameworks. Rose has published widely on qualitative research, particularly in relation to focus groups and the issue of rigour. Her most recent publications include Introducing Qualitative Research A Student’s Guide, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2014); Doing Focus Groups, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2018); and A New Era of Focus Group Research: Challenges, Innovation and Practice (coedited with David L. Morgan; Palgrave, 2017).

From the Back Cover

An ideal starter text for those new to the field, this second edition has new examples from a range of social science disciplines, as well as a brand new companion website, making it even more valuable to even more students

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1446254607
ISBN 13 
9781446254608
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
392

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