Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part 1; Some assumptions; Materials as data; Methods for qualitative analysis of data; Grounded theory; Complex theory; Guidelines and rules of thumb, not rules; Research investigation as work; Qualitative analysis of data: an introduction; Complexity; Experiential data; Induction, deduction, and verification; An example; Several points about work processes; A glossary of major terms; Part 2; Grounded theory analysis: main elements; Research phases and the operations; Basic operations; Concepts and indicators. Data collectionCoding; Sociologically constructed codes and in vivo codes; Core categories; Who should code?; Theoretical sampling; 2 Two illustrations; A class session: pain management; Coding through detailed analysis; The interview (by Aaron Smith); Analysis and queries (by the Instructor); 3 Codes and coding; Initial steps in open coding: a seminar session; Open, axial, and selective coding; Open coding; Axial coding; Selective coding; Utilizing codes in writing for publication; Coding for structural and interactional relationships; Rules of thumb; 4 Seminar on open coding; Case. Analytic commentary5 Memos and memo writing; Memos, memo types, and commentaries; Rules of thumb for memoing; Summary; 6 Team meetings and graphic representations as memos; Team meetings as memos; The summary memo; The presentation: safety, danger, and risk; On the discussion; The discussion, itself; Theoretical memos and visual devices; Operational visual devices; Graphic teaching devices as memos; Rules of thumb; 7 Excerpts that illustrate common problems; Case 1; A rudimentary line-by-line analysis; Case 2; Dimensionalizing; Case 3; Flooded with data; Case 4. Getting information rather than getting down to analysisCase 5; Connecting macroscopic conditions and microscopic; Case 6; Determining the central issue in the study; Case 7; Finding the hole in the diagram; Summary; 8 Integrative diagrams and integrative sessions; Steps in integrative diagramming: a work session; Phase 1; Phase 1, commentary; Phase 2; Phase 2, commentary; Phase 8; Phase 8, commentary; Two postconsultation comments; Rules of thumb; 9 Integrative mechanisms: diagrams, memo sequences, writing; Integrative diagrams: rules of thumb; Integration through memo sequences and sets. The memo sequenceFrom memo sequence to writing; Rules of thumb for memo sequencing; Writing as an integrative mechanism; A last note; 10 Presenting case materials: data and interpretations; Illustrative data; Case histories and case studies; Case study construction; Case history construction; Case 1; The interplay between trajectory and biography: the process of comeback; Case 2; Social world/arena: danger and debates; 11 Grounded formal theory: awareness contexts; 12 Reading and writing research publications; Reading for analytic logic; The readings; Writing from grounded theory analysis.