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Doing Qualitative Research

Fifth Edition
by David Silverman

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  1. How to use this book
  2. What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Qualitative Research
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  3. Focusing a Research Project
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  4. Ethical Research
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  5. What Counts as ‘Originality’?
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  6. Research Design
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  7. Using Theories
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  8. Formulating a Research Question
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  9. Choosing a Methodology
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  10. Writing a Research Proposal
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  11. Making Good Use of Your Supervisor
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  12. Getting Feedback
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  13. How many cases do you need?
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  14. Collecting Your Data
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  15. Developing Data Analysis
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  16. Using Computers to Analyse Qualitative Data
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  17. Quality in Qualitative Research
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  18. Evaluating Qualitative Research
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  19. Effective Qualitative Research
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  20. Audiences
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  21. The First Few Pages
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  22. The Literature Review Chapter
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  23. The Methodology Chapter
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  24. The Data Chapters
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  25. The Concluding Chapter
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  26. Surviving an Oral Examination
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  27. Getting Published
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Read

read iconRead the research: Find top research articles to cite and enrich your reading with your ready-made bibliography of qualitative research from SAGE journals.

Identity Work in Interviewing

Cassell, C. (2005). Creating the interviewer: identity work in the management research process. Qualitative Research, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp. 167 – 179.

An Ethnographic Study

Silverman, D. (1984). Going Private: Ceremonial Forms in a Private Oncology Clinic.  Sociology. Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 191 - 204

Blog Research

Hookway, N. (2008). ‘Entering the blogosphere’: Some Strategies For Using Blogs In Social Research. Qualitative Research. Vol 8, Issue 1, pp. 91 - 113

Recruiting Subjects

Thomas, M., Bloor, M. & Frankland, J. (2007). The Process Of Sample Recruitment: An Ethnostatistical Perspective. Qualitative Research. Vol 7, Issue 4, pp. 429 – 446.

Credible Focus Group Research

Pösö, T., Honkatukia, P. & Nyqvist, L. (2008). Focus Groups and the Study of Violence. Qualitative Research. Vol 8, Issue 1, pp. 73 – 89.

Recording Fieldnotes

Condell, S. (2008). Writing Fieldnotes In An Ethnographic Study of Peers – Collaborative Experiences From The Field. Journal of Research in Nursing. Vol 13, Issue 4, pp. 325 – 335.

Recording & Transcription

Lapadat, J., & Lindsay, A. (1999). Transcription in Research and Practice: From Standardization of Technique to Interpretive Positionings. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol 5, Issue 1, pp. 64 - 86

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