Chapter 30: Writing Up and Assessment in Qualitative Research

Sandelowski, M., & Leeman, J. (2012). Writing usable qualitative health research findings.

These authors give advice of how to make qualitative research findings relevant beginning with the style of writing when presenting them.

Sandelowski, M. & Leeman, J. (2012). Writing usable qualitative health research findings.  Qualitative Health Research, 10, 1404–1413.

Taylor, S. (2012). ‘One participant said …’: The implications of quotations from biographical talk.

The author discusses the question of how to demonstrate evidence in qualitative research. She addresses the use of quotes from (biographical) interviews. She asks whether single or few quotations may adequately represent a speaker (or here: a participant) so that we can say this is typical for this person and a basis for comparing the person or the person’s statements with other participants and their statements.

Taylor, S. (2012). ‘One participant said …’: The implications of quotations from biographical talk. Qualitative Research, 12(4), 388–401.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794111433086