Qualitative data analysis from start to finish / Jamie Harding

Previous edition: 2013

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index.

Introduction to qualitative social research -- Designing qualitative research: your key questions -- Practical issues in qualitative research -- Collecting and managing interview data -- Collecting and managing focus group data -- A brief introduction to the analysis of qualitative data -- Step one of analysing your interview data - making summaries and comparisons -- Step two of analysing your interview data - using codes -- Step three of analysing your interview data - finding conceptual themes and building theory -- Analysing your focus group data -- Alternative approaches to analysing qualitative data -- Writing about your qualitative research -- Appendix 1. Interview with Fern -- Appendix 2. Additional material on writing about your qualitative data

This is the ideal book to get you up and running with the basics of qualitative data analysis. It breaks everything down into a series of simple steps and introduces the practical tools and techniques you need to turn your transcripts into meaningful research. Using multidisciplinary data from interviews and focus groups Jamie Harding provides clear guidance on how to apply key research skills such as making summaries, identifying similarities, drawing comparisons and using codes. The book sets out real world applicable advice, provides easy to follow best practice and helps you to: �Manage and sort your data; �Find your argument and define your conclusions; �Answer your research question; and �Write up your research for assessment and dissemination. Clear, pragmatic and honest this book will give you the perfect framework to start understanding your qualitative data and to finish your research project. --Amazon.co.uk