Qualitative Data Analysis : An Introduction

by Carol Grbich

• ISBN13: 9781412921435
• ISBN10: 1412921430
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-19
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Qualitative Data Analysis: An Introduction provides students with an essential practical guide to the wide range of different approaches available in qualitative data analysis. Carol Grbich provides a first-class, reliable guide to the basic practical issues in data analysis alongside insights into the different approaches' epistemological foundations. Her text is illustrated throughout with detailed examples, a glossary and further reading lists and summaries of key points provided throughout the text.

Table of Contents

The State of the Art	p. 1
Epistemological Changes and their Impact on the Field	p. 3
General Approaches to Designing and Analysing Data	p. 16
Specific Analytical Approaches	p. 37
Classical Ethnographic Approaches	p. 39
Newer Ethnographic Approaches	p. 55
Grounded Theory	p. 70
Phenomenology	p. 84
Feminist Research	p. 95
Analysis of Documentation	p. 109
Content Analysis of Texts: Written/Visual Documentation	p. 111
Narrative Analysis	p. 124
Conversation Analysis	p. 136
Discourse Analysis	p. 146
Visual Interpretation	p. 155
Semiotic Structural and Poststructural Analyses	p. 170
Writing Up Data	p. 183
Theorising from Data	p. 185
Incorporating Data from Multiple Sources	p. 195
Writing Up and Data Display	p. 205
Qualitative Computing Programs	p. 223
An Overview of Qualitative Computer Programs	p. 225
Glossary	p. 236
References	p. 238
Author Index	p. 252
Subject Index	p. 254
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