Qualitative data analysis : an introduction / Carol Grbich.

Author/creator Grbich, Carol author.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
PublicationLondon ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2013.
Descriptionvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents General approaches to collecting and analyzing qualitative data. Introduction ; Design methodologies, data management and analytical approaches ; Incorporating data from multiple sources : mixing methods -- Traditional analytical approaches. Classical ethnography ; Critical ethnographic approaches ; Feminist approaches ; Grounded theory ; Phenomenology -- Newer qualitative approaches. Postmodern influences on society and qualitative research ; Autoethnography ; Poetic inquiry ; Ethnodrama and performative art ; Cyber-ethnography and e-research -- Analytic approaches for existing documentation. Structuralism and poststructuralism ; Semiotic structural and poststructural analysis (deconstruction) ; Content analysis of texts ; Content analysis of visual documentation ; Narrative analysis ; Conversation analysis ; Discourse analysis -- Data management using qualitative computer programs. Coding ; An overview of qualitative computer programs -- Interpreting and presenting qualitative data. Theorizing from data ; Writing up and innovative data display.
Abstract "In this fully updated and expanded Second Edition, Carol Grbich provides a guide through current issues in the analysis of qualitative data. Packed with detailed examples, a glossary, further reading lists and a section on writing up, this easy to read text is exactly what you need to get you started in qualitative research."--Publisher's website.
General notePrevious edition: 2007.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011945803
ISBN9781446202968
ISBN1446202968
ISBN9781446202975 (pbk.)
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