Formaat: Hardback, 166 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 380 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Formaat: Hardback, 166 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 380 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Focussing on the phases of qualitative research which precede and follow fieldwork – design, analysis, and textualization – this book offers new theoretical tools to tackle one of the most common criticisms advanced against qualitative research: its presumed lack of rigour. Rejecting the notion of “rigour” as formulated in quantitative research and based on the theory of probability, it proposes a theoretical frame that allows combining the goals of rigour and that of creativity through the reference to theory of argumentation. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students across the social sciences with interests in qualitative research methods.
Arvustused
a lively, six-chapter volume that discusses, as the subtitle indicates, the characteristics of research design, data analysis and writing The book represents a good reading resource for students. Chiara Bassetti, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa
List of figures
viii
Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction
1
(6)
1 A premise about two crucial issues: invisibility and method
7
(19)
2 Qualitative research: a portrait
26
(19)
3 The theory-of-argumentation survival kit
45
(19)
4 The qualitative research design
64
(48)
5 On qualitative data analysis
112
(31)
6 The textualization
143
(18)
Index
161
Mario Cardano is Full Professor of the Qualitative Methods for Social Research and the Sociology of Health at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Italy.
