Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide

Richards, Lyn

ISBN 10: 1446276066 / ISBN 13: 9781446276068

Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014

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Titolo: Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Good

Edizione: terza edizione

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Riassunto:

The Third Edition of Lyn Richards' best-selling book is the perfect introduction to qualitative research for students and practitioners. Recognizing that for many new researchers dealing with data is the main point of departure, this book helps them to acquire an understanding of the skills and methodological issues that are central to qualitative research. Author Lyn Richards provides practical guidance on how to handle, reflect on and make sense of rich data, while at the same time showing how a consideration of methods and their philosophical underpinnings informs how we should best handle our data.

Detailed sections cover: the processes of making, meeting, sorting, coding, documenting, and exploring qualitative data; how to see a study as a whole and write it, and making and justifying claims. Each chapter smoothly integrates software use with discussion of the main challenges that software users are likely to encounter. Novice researchers who use this book will be able to achieve valid and useful outcomes from qualitative analysis, and ensure they do justice to their data.

Recensione:

Lyn Richards has produced a very accessible guide on how to work with qualitative data in a meaningful way. This book is unique in that Richards’ correctly assumes that today’s qualitative researchers will be using technology in their analysis. She weaves this understanding into each phase of the process she describes, guiding the novice through key aspects of how to effectively handle their data.

 

 

(Trena Paulus)

A really useful text to help students get to grips with data analysis.
(Nikki Petty)

This is an excellent text, it is well structured and provides a step by step approach for students to follow when analysing their qualitative data with particular application to the use of computer software.
(Glynis Bennett)