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Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kara, Helen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Research Methods & Evaluation--Qualitative Research--Social Research Methods.
- Research Methods & Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Sage Text UK, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book equips any quantitative researcher, at any level, who finds they need to use qualitative methods, with the necessary theoretical and practical skills they need to leverage their quantitative background into successful qualitative research.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- BRIEF CONTENTS
- DETAILED CONTENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Why I wrote this book
- Qualitative and quantitative research - differences and similarities
- Research methods - a brief history
- Multi-modal research
- Ethics of qualitative and multi-modal research
- How to use this book
- Summary of the book
- Chapter 2. Ways of Knowing
- Introduction
- Ontology and epistemology
- From positivism to post-positivism
- Methodologies and methods
- Realist methodologies
- Constructionist methodologies
- Interpretivist methodologies
- Transformative methodologies
- Summary of methodologies, ontologies, epistemologies and methods
- Research and activism
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Thinking With Theory
- Classifying theories
- Using theory in qualitative research
- Building theory in qualitative research
- Colonialism in theory development and use
- Ethical work with theory
- Chapter 4. Designing Qualitative Research
- Quality
- Flexibility
- Research questions and sampling
- Planning research contextualisation
- Planning data gathering
- Planning data analysis
- Planning research reporting
- Planning research presentation and dissemination
- Planning aftercare
- Planning for researcher well-being
- Colonialism in research design
- Collaboration in research design
- Finalising your research design
- Chapter 5. Contextualising Qualitative Research
- Field notes
- Literature review
- Document analysis
- Writing the context
- The ethics of context-setting
- Chapter 6. Gathering Qualitative Data: Mainstream Methods
- Secondary data
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Focus groups.
- Observation
- Case study research
- Action research
- The role of technology in data gathering
- Ethics of gathering qualitative data using mainstream methods
- Chapter 7. Gathering Qualitative Data: Alternative Methods
- Enhanced interviews and focus groups
- Gathering arts-based data
- Self-reporting methods
- Autoethnography
- Embodied data gathering
- Multi-modal data gathering
- Video and digital data
- Ethics of gathering qualitative data using alternative methods
- Chapter 8. Qualitative Data Analysis: Considerations
- Data management and storage
- Data preparation
- Coding qualitative data
- Using software for qualitative analysis
- Analysing qualitative data manually
- Collaborating on data analysis
- Ethics in qualitative data analysis - part 1
- Chapter 9. Types of Qualitative Analysis
- Theory in analysis
- Content analysis
- Conversation analysis
- Discourse analysis
- Narrative analysis
- Thematic analysis
- Grounded theory analysis
- Textual analysis
- Collaborative analysis
- Innovation in analysing qualitative data
- Ethics in qualitative data analysis - part 2
- Chapter 10. Reporting on Qualitative Research
- Reporting on qualitative and multi-modal research
- Good practice in research reporting
- Fictionalisation
- Poetry
- Play scripts and screenplays
- Video
- Animation
- Zines
- Comics
- Podcasts
- Blogs
- Multi-modal reporting
- The ethical aspects of research reporting
- Chapter 11. Presenting and Disseminating Research
- Good practice in presenting and disseminating research findings
- Presenting research findings
- Disseminating research findings
- From research to practice.
- The ethical aspects of presenting and disseminating research findings
- Chapter 12. Conclusion
- APPENDIX 1. URLs
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- REFERENCES
- Index.
- Notes:
- Core Textbook.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kara, Helen Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers
- ISBN:
- 9781529786194
- 1529786193
- 9781529788174
- 152978817X
- OCLC:
- 1295178419
- Publisher Number:
- T276425
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