TY - GEN AU - Flick, Uwe TI - Introduction to qualitative research SN - 9789386062741 U1 - 001.42 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. KW - N1 - Contents List of Boxes xvi List of Figures xviii List of Tables xx List of Case Studies xxi About the Author xxiii Publisher's Acknowledge xxv Preface to the Fifth Edition xxvi PART ONE: FRAMEWORK 1 1.Guide to this Book 3 2.Qualitative Research: Why And How to Do It 11 3.Qualitative and Quantitative Research 25 4.Approaches to Qualitative Research 39 5.Ethics of Qualitative Research 48 PART TWO: THEORY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 63 6.Using the Existing Literature 65 7.Theories Underlying Qualitative Research 74 8.Texts as Data in Qualitative Research 95 PART THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN 107 9.Designing Qualitative Research 111 10.The Qualitative Research Process 136 11.Research Questions 145 12.Entering the Field 157 13.Sampling 167 14.Triangulation 182 PART FOUR: VERBAL DATA 193 15.Collecting Verbal Data 195 16.Interviews 207 17.Focus Groups 242 18.Using Narrative Data 263 PART FIVE: DATA BEYOND TALK 291 19.Collecting Data Beyond Talk 293 20.Observation and Ethnography 307 21.Visual Data: Photography, Film & Video 334 22.Using Documents as Data 352 PART SIX: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS 365 23.Qualitative Data Analysis 369 24.Transcription and Data Management 384 25.Grounded Theory Coding 397 26.Thematic Coding and Content Analysis 420 27. Naturally Occuring Data: Conversation, Discourse, and Hermeneutic Analysis 439 28.Using Software in Qualitative Data Analysis 461 PART SEVEN: GROUNDING, WRITING AND OUTLOOK 477 29.Quality of Qualitative Research: Criteria and Beyond 479 30.Writing Qualitative Research 508 31. State of the Art and the Future 520 Glossary 534 References 546 Author Index 572 Subject Index 578 ER -