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- About the Author
- About the Contributor
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Discover Your Field Guide: In-text Features and Online Workshops from David Silverman
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- 1 How to Use This Book
- 2 What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Qualitative Research
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 What Is Qualitative Research?
- 2.3 Why Do Some Researchers Prefer Qualitative Methods?
- 2.4 Are Qualitative Methods Always Appropriate?
- 2.5 Should You Use Qualitative Methods?
- 2.6 Wrapping Up
- 3 Focusing a Research Project
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Moira’s Research Diary
- 3.3 Sally’s Research Diary
- 3.4 Simon’s Research Diary
- 3.5 Wrapping Up
- PART II STARTING OUT AND PROJECT FOUNDATIONS
- 4 Formulating a Research Question
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Challenges
- 4.3 Solutions
- 4.4 Wrapping up: Some Cautions
- 5 Ethical Research
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The Standards of Ethical Research
- 5.3 Why Ethics Matter for Your Research
- 5.4 Ethical Guidelines in Practice
- 5.5 Complex Ethical Issues
- 5.6 Research Governance
- 5.7 Conclusion: Managing Unfolding Ethical Demands
- 5.8 Wrapping Up
- 6 Research Design
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Interviews
- 6.3 Ethnographies
- 6.4 Texts
- 6.5 Digital Data
- 6.6 Audio Data
- 6.7 Visual Data
- 6.8 Mixed Methods
- 6.9 Wrapping Up
- 7 Using Theories
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 How Theoretical Models Shape Research
- 7.3 The Different Languages of Qualitative Research
- 7.4 Theories, Models and Hypotheses
- 7.5 Examples
- 7.6 Wrapping Up
- 8 Choosing a Methodology
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Methodological Questions
- 8.3 Your Research Strategy
- 8.4 Choosing a Methodology: a Case Study
- 8.5 Naturalistic Data?
- 8.6 Mixed Methods?
- 8.7 Wrapping Up
- 9 Writing a Research Proposal
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Aim for Crystal Clarity
- 9.3 Plan Before You Write
- 9.4 Be Persuasive
- 9.5 Be Practical
- 9.6 Make Broader Links
- 9.7 A Caution: Misunderstanding Qualitative Research?
- 9.8 Wrapping Up
- PART III GETTING SUPPORT
- 10 Making Good Use of Your Supervisor
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Supervision Horror Stories
- 10.3 Student and Supervisor Expectations
- 10.4 The Early Stages
- 10.5 The Later Stages
- 10.6 Standards of Good Practice
- 10.7 Beyond the Supervision
- 10.8 Wrapping Up
- 11 Getting Feedback
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Writing
- 11.3 Speaking
- 11.4 The Art of Presenting Research
- 11.5 Feedback from the People You Study
- 11.6 Wrapping Up
- PART IV COLLECTING AND ANALYSING Your DATA
- 12 How Much Data Do You Need?
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 The Quantitative Model of Generalization
- 12.3 How Many Interviews Do You Need?
- 12.4 Purposive Sampling in Interview Research
- 12.5 What Is a Case Study?
- 12.6 The Rationale of Case Study Design
- 12.7 Purposive Sampling in Case Studies
- 12.8 Theoretical Sampling
- 12.9 Wrapping Up
- 13 Collecting Your Data
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Collecting Interview Data
- 13.3 Collecting Focus Group Data
- 13.4 Collecting Ethnographic Data
- 13.5 Collecting Internet Data
- 13.6 Collecting Data after a Pandemic
- 13.7 Wrapping Up
- 14 Developing Data Analysis
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Kick-starting Data Analysis
- 14.3 A Case Study
- 14.4 Interviews
- 14.5 Fieldnotes
- 14.6 Transcripts
- 14.7 Visual Data
- 14.8 Wrapping Up
- 15 Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: An Introduction
- 15.1 What Is Qualitative Data Analysis Software?
- 15.2 Software for Qualitative Analysis? Great – So Will It Do Analysis for Me?
- 15.3 OK, So How Can This Software Help Me?
- 15.4 If I Decide to Use QDAS, Do I Have to Use the Program for All Aspects of My Analysis?
- 15.5 You Continue to Mention Writing – Why Is That So Important?
- 15.6 Will QDAS Help My Teamwork?
- 15.7 Hopes and Fears Connected to Using QDAS
- 15.8 Will QDAS Save Time? Or Be a Waste of Time?
- 15.9 Will My Analysis Get Better or Worse When I Use QDAS?
- 15.10 Does QDAS Create an Overemphasis on Coding?
- 15.11 Hints for Avoiding the Coding Trap
- 15.12 What Hardware Do I Need to Run QDAS?
- 15.13 What Are Some Strategies for Learning to Use QDAS, and to See if Specific Software Will Work for My Project?
- 15.14 Tips for Doing Analysis with QDAS
- 15.15 Wrapping Up
- 16 Quality in Qualitative Research
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Validity
- 16.3 Reliability
- 16.4 Wrapping Up
- 17 Effective Qualitative Research
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Keep It Simple
- 17.3 Do Not Assume that We Are Only Concerned with Subjective Experience
- 17.4 Take Advantage of Using Qualitative Data
- 17.5 Avoid Drowning in Data
- 17.6 Avoid Journalism
- 17.7 Wrapping Up
- PART V WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCH
- 18 What Counts as ‘Originality’?
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Originality
- 18.3 Being a Professional
- 18.4 Independent Critical Thought
- 18.5 Wrapping Up
- 19 Audiences
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 The Policy-Making Audience
- 19.3 The Practitioner Audience
- 19.4 The Lay Audience
- 19.5 Wrapping Up
- 20 The First Few Pages
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 The Title
- 20.3 The Abstract
- 20.4 Keywords
- 20.5 The Table of Contents
- 20.6 Your Introduction
- 20.7 Wrapping Up
- 21 The Literature Review Chapter
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Recording Your Reading
- 21.3 Research Literature and Theoretical Literature
- 21.4 Writing Your Literature Review
- 21.5 Practical Questions
- 21.6 Principles
- 21.7 Do You Need a Literature Review Chapter?
- 21.8 Wrapping Up
- 22 The Methodology Chapter
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 What Should the Methodology Chapter Contain?
- 22.3 A Natural History Chapter?
- 22.4 Wrapping Up
- 23 Writing Your Data Chapters
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 The Macrostructure
- 23.3 The Microstructure
- 23.4 Tightening Up
- 23.5 Wrapping Up
- 24 Your Concluding Chapter
- 24.1 Introduction
- 24.2 The Concluding Chapter as Mutual Stimulation
- 24.3 What Exactly Should Your Concluding Chapter Contain?
- 24.4 Confessions and Trumpets
- 24.5 Theorizing as Thinking through Data
- 24.6 Writing for Audiences
- 24.7 Why Your Concluding Chapter Can Be Fun
- 24.8 Wrapping Up
- PART VI THE AFTERMATH
- 25 Managing an Oral Examination
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.2 Viva Horror Stories
- 25.3 Preparing for Your Oral
- 25.4 Doing the Oral
- 25.5 Outcomes
- 25.6 Revising Your Thesis after the Oral
- 25.7 A Case Study
- 25.8 Wrapping Up
- 26 Getting Published
- 26.1 Introduction
- 26.2 The Backstage Politics of Publishing
- 26.3 Strategic Choices
- 26.4 What Journals Are Looking For
- 26.5 Reviewers’ Comments
- 26.6 How to Write a Short Journal Article
- 26.7 Wrapping Up
- Appendix: Transcription Symbols
- Glossary
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index




