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