List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Companion Website |
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About the Author |
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Preface to Fifth Edition |
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Part I Theory And Method In Qualitative Research |
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1 What is Qualitative Research? |
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1.3 Loaded evaluations of research methods |
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1.4 Methods should fit your research question |
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1.5 The good sense of quantitative research |
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1.6 The nonsense of quantitative research |
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1.7 The good sense of qualitative research |
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1.8 The nonsense of qualitative research |
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19 | (3) |
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1.9 Qualitative research models |
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2 Designing a Research Project |
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31 | (3) |
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2.2 Formulating a researchable question |
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34 | (5) |
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2.3 Fitting your research question into an appropriate theory |
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39 | (3) |
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2.4 Choosing an effective research design |
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42 | (6) |
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2.5 An effective literature review |
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48 | (4) |
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2.6 Basic terms in research design |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (2) |
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3 Generalising from Case Study Research |
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57 | (18) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (7) |
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69 | (1) |
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3.4 Misunderstandings about case studies |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (4) |
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4 Credible Qualitative Research |
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4.1 Does credibility matter? |
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76 | (7) |
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83 | (7) |
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90 | (15) |
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105 | (4) |
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109 | (30) |
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5.1 Some rules for data analysis |
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110 | (6) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (8) |
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126 | (8) |
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134 | (5) |
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139 | (24) |
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141 | (7) |
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148 | (6) |
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6.3 Some ethical complications |
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154 | (9) |
Part II Methods |
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163 | (220) |
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165 | (40) |
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7.1 What is an 'open-ended' interview? |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (3) |
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7.3 Implications: three versions of interview data |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (6) |
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183 | (5) |
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7.7 Adolescent cultures: combining 'what' and 'how' questions |
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188 | (3) |
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7.8 Moral tales of parenthood |
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191 | (5) |
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7.9 The three models: a summary |
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196 | (2) |
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7.10 Summary: basic issues |
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198 | (2) |
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7.11 Three practical questions - and answers |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (24) |
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8.1 What are focus groups? |
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206 | (2) |
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8.2 Analysing focus group data in social science |
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208 | (12) |
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220 | (6) |
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226 | (3) |
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229 | (46) |
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9.1 The ethnographic focus |
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235 | (10) |
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9.2 Methodological issues |
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245 | (17) |
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9.3 The theoretical character of ethnographic observations |
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262 | (9) |
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9.4 Conclusion: the unity of the ethnographic project |
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271 | (4) |
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275 | (40) |
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10.1 Four ways of analysing documents |
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10.2 Comparative keyword analysis (CKA) |
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281 | (4) |
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10.3 Organisational documents |
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285 | (11) |
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10.4 Documents of everyday life |
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296 | (6) |
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10.5 Ethnomethodology: membership categorisation analysis |
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302 | (10) |
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312 | (3) |
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11 Naturally Occurring Talk |
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318 | (12) |
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11.2 Why work with tapes? |
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330 | (1) |
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11.3 Transcribing audiotapes |
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331 | (4) |
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335 | (1) |
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11.5 Conversation analysis |
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336 | (12) |
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11.6 Conversation analysis and discourse analysis compared |
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350 | (3) |
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353 | (30) |
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12.1 Kinds of visual data |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (5) |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (6) |
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369 | (10) |
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379 | (4) |
Part III Implications |
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383 | (66) |
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385 | (14) |
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389 | (1) |
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13.2 Your literature review |
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390 | (1) |
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13.3 Your methodology section |
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391 | (1) |
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13.4 Writing up your data |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (1) |
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13.6 A short note on plagiarism |
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395 | (1) |
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13.7 Self-expression or argument? |
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396 | (3) |
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14 The Relevance of Qualitative Research |
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399 | (28) |
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14.1 Whose side are we on? |
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402 | (5) |
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14.2 The audiences for qualitative research |
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407 | (8) |
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14.3 The contribution of qualitative social science |
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415 | (7) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (4) |
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15 The Potential of Qualitative Research: Eight Reminders |
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427 | (22) |
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15.1 Take advantage of naturally occurring data |
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429 | (3) |
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15.2 Avoid treating the actor's point of view as an explanation |
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432 | (3) |
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15.3 Study the interrelationships between elements |
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435 | (3) |
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15.4 Attempt theoretically fertile research |
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438 | (2) |
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15.5 Address wider audiences |
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440 | (3) |
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15.6 Begin with 'how' questions; then ask 'why?' |
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443 | (1) |
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15.7 Study 'hyphenated' phenomena |
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444 | (2) |
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15.8 Treat qualitative research as different from journalism |
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446 | (1) |
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447 | (2) |
Appendix: Simplified Transcription Symbols |
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449 | (2) |
Glossary |
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451 | (6) |
References |
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457 | (22) |
Author Index |
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479 | (4) |
Subject Index |
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