A who’s who of methodologists, this book introduces students to the big picture of qualitative research, teaching both the ‘why’ and the ‘how to’ of getting started, selecting a method and conducting research and data analysis. With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.
New to the fourth edition:
- A streamlined structure to guide readers step-by-step through the research process
- Substantial new section with 4 chapters on how to collect and analyse online data
- A new chapter on reflexive ethnography
- More hands-on advice on how to conduct research at every stage, making this a perfect field handbook
- Updated reading lists provide a go-to guide to the literature and help improve citations
The most comprehensive qualitative research book available, this is the perfect all-in-one companion for any student embarking on a qualitative research course or project.
With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.
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A comprehensive book that enables the reader to easily understand the principles of qualitative research. David Silvermans books have been indispensable throughout my own research brilliant! -- Louise Lawson Many years of teaching how to do qualitative research to management and social science research students means that I always recommend David Silvermans Qualitative Research as the the go to text. It is simply the best. -- Stewart Clegg This book contains everything that a qualitative researcher needs to know and a quantitative researcher needs to learn. Written by the world-renowned authorities in their fields, this edition covers all issues relevant to qualitative research, from choosing the research topic through fieldwork techniques, analytical approaches, and the ways to write it all up. -- Barbara Czarniawska Silverman provides a welcome new edition to an accessibly written, coherently organised and comprehensive introduction to qualitative research. It is an interesting and informative read with clear and concise explanations and is an essential for researchers using qualitative methods and analysing data. -- Gareth Addidle Want to understand qualitative research? This is the must-have book for you. This 4th edition is unquestionably the very best work on qualitative research that I have read, with an expanded section on new technologies. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to students, researchers, policy makers and everyone with an interest in qualitative research. -- Susan Danby
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1 Introducing Qualitative Research |
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2 Addressing Social Problems through Qualitative Research |
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3 Research Ethics and Qualitative Research |
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PART II INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS |
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4 The `Inside' and the `Outside': Finding Realities in Interviews |
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5 Narrative Practice and the Active Interview |
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6 Analysing Focus Group Data |
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8 Organizational Ethnography |
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9 Practising Reflexivity in Ethnography |
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10 Analysing Documents through Fieldwork |
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11 Using Documents in Social Research |
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12 Discursive Psychology and the Study of Naturally Occurring Talk |
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13 Conversation Analysis: Practices and Methods |
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PART VI EXPANDING TECHNOLOGIES |
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14 Internet/Digital Research |
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16 Using Conversation Analysis and Discursive Psychology to Analyse Online Data |
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17 Critical Discourse Studies and Social Media Data |
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18 Visual Inquiry: Issues and Developments |
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19 Embodied Action: Video and the Analysis of Social Interaction |
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PART VIII QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS |
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20 Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis |
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21 Constructing Grounded Theory Analyses |
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22 What's Different about Narrative Inquiry? Cases, Categories and Contexts |
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23 Systematic Reviews and Qualitative Studies |
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24 Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data |
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25 Validity in Qualitative Research |
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26 Writing Qualitative Research: Practice, Genre and Audience |
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David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is now Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department as well as Visiting Professor in the Business Schools, Kings College, London, Leeds University and University of Technology Sydney and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations, shelters for homeless people and HIV-test counselling.
He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in an old peoples home where he chats and sings with residents.
