Silverman, David

Doing qualitative research/ David Silverman. - 4th. ed. - London : SAGE, 2013. - xvii,470p. : ill. ; 24cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Companion Website -- Part 1: Introduction. How to Use This Book ; What You Can (and Can't) Do with Qualitative Research ; Focusing Research Project ; Issues in Research Design ; What Counts as 'Originality'?. -- Part 2: Starting Out. Formulating a Research Question ; Using Theories ; Choosing a Methodology ; How Many Cases Do You Need? ; Ethical Research ; Writing a Research Proposal. -- Part 3: Collecting and analyzing your data. Collecting Your Data ; Developing Data Analysis ; Using Computers to Analyse Qualitative Data Clive Seale ; Quality in Qualitative Research ; Evaluating Qualitative Research ; Effective Qualitative Research. -- Part 4: Writing up. The First Few Pages ; The Literature Review Chapter ; The Methodology Chapter ; Writing Your Data Chapters ; Your Concluding Chapter. -- Part 5: Getting support. Making Good Use of Your Supervisor ; Getting Feedback ; Surviving an Oral Examination ; Getting Published ; Audiences ; Appendix: Transcription Symbols ; Glossary ; References ; Author Index ; Subject Index.

9781446260142 (hbk.) 1446260143 (hbk.) 1446260151 (pbk.) 9781446260159 (pbk.)


Qualitative research.
Social Sciences--Research--Methodology.
Qualitative Methods--Social sciences.
Linguistics--Methodology

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