Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology

A Practical Guide
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84787-910-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 285 g

Providing a complete introduction to qualitative methods in psychology, this textbook is ideal reading for anyone doing a research methods course in psychology that includes qualitative approaches or someone planning a practical project using qualitative methods.

Not just another research methods book, Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology is more a 'how to do it' manual, linked with a specifically designed set of digitised video recordings, transcripts and online resources to make learning about qualitative methods as easy as possible. The primary resources are a set of online, publically available video-recorded interviews produced by the editor and contributors to support student learning.

The text offers useful descriptions of how and why research questions are formulated and explains the importance of selecting appropriate methods for research investigations. Using examples from the specially produced data set, it describes four specific qualitative methods, outlining - in its very clear 'how to proceed' style - how each of these methods can form the basis of a qualitative methods laboratory class, practical or field study. As well as covering key topics such as ethics, literature reviews and interviewing, the book also describes precisely how research reports using qualitative methods are written up, in line with the appropriate conventions within psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forrester, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: This Book and How to Use It - Michael A Forrester
PART ONE: FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Theory and Method in Qualitative Research - Cath Sullivan
Conducting Literature Reviews - Rachel Shaw
PART TWO: CONDUCTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Approaches to Data Collection in Qualitative Research - Stephen Gibson and Sarah Riley
The Interview in Qualitative Research - Siobhan Hugh-Jones
Research Ethics in Qualitative Research - Nigel King
PART THREE: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS: PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
Introducing the Data Set - Stephen Gibson
QM1: Discourse Analysis - Sally Wiggins and Sarah Riley
QM2: Grounded Theory - Alasdair Gordon-Finlayson
QM3: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Rachel Shaw
QM4: Conversation Analysis - Michael Forrester
PART FOUR: WRITING UP
Writing up the Qualitative Methods Research Report - Colm Crowley

Über Autor(innen)

Forrester, Michael
Michael A Forrester is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is the author of The Development of Young Children's Social Cognitive Skills (1992).