Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology : A Practical Guide

by Michael A Forrester

• ISBN13: 9781847879110
• ISBN10: 184787911X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-25
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Using interview recordings (video and audio, available to readers on-line), alongside worked examples of different ways to analyse the same dataset, the book and the interview data together provide an invaluable resource for anybody interested in either learning or teaching qualitative methods in psychology.Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology offers clear and useful descriptions and explanations of how and why research questions are formulated and the importance of selecting appropriate methods for investigations, with a focus on semi-structured interviewing (as used in the on-line data).The book describes four specific qualitative methods, explaining in a very clear 'how to proceed' style, how each of these methods can form the basis of a qualitative methods laboratory class, practical or field study. It also describes precisely how research reports using qualitative methods are written, in line with the appropriate conventions of report writing in psychology.

Author Biography

Michael A. Forrester is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent.

Table of Contents

Introduction - This Book And How To Use It

Formulating Research Questions

Theory and Method In Qualitative Research

Conducting Literature Reviews

Conducting Qualitative Research

Approaches to Data Collection in Qualitative Research

The Interview In Qualitative Research

Research Ethics in Qualitative Research

Qualitative Analysis: Practical Examples

Introducing the Data Set

Discourse Analysis

Grounded Theory

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Conversation Analysis

Writing Up

Writing Up the Qualitative Methods Research Report

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