Qualitative Analysis: Practice and Innovation

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Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 List of figures......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 18 1. Theory and data: a hermeneutic approach......Page 20 What is theory?......Page 21 Interpretation in everyday life......Page 24 Deductive theory building......Page 26 Simplistic inductive theory building......Page 29 Grounded theory: a sophisticated model......Page 31 Induction, deduction, abduction......Page 32 Postmodernism......Page 34 Feminist standpoint methodology......Page 39 Hermeneutics......Page 42 Summary reflections......Page 48 Further reading......Page 50 2. Politics, rigour and ethics......Page 52 The policy process......Page 53 Examples of applied qualitative research......Page 58 Feminism and participatory action research......Page 62 The value of qualitative methods......Page 63 The unavoidably political consequences of research......Page 65 Rigour and ethics......Page 69 Summary reflections......Page 76 Further reading......Page 77 3. Data analysis during data collection......Page 79 Integrating data collection and data analysis......Page 80 Techniques for integrating analysis and collection......Page 83 Team meetings and peer debriefing......Page 84 Checking interpretations with participants......Page 87 Transcribing, reading and coding early data......Page 89 Journals and memos......Page 90 Sampling and saturation......Page 93 Including participants in all aspects of the research......Page 94 Summary reflections......Page 96 Further reading......Page 97 4. Coding data and interpreting text: methods of analysis......Page 99 Content analysis......Page 101 Coding in thematic analysis and grounded theory......Page 105 Narrative analysis......Page 114 Cultural studies and semiotics......Page 120 Summary reflections......Page 128 Further reading......Page 129 5. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis......Page 130 Computer-assisted content analysis......Page 132 Interpretive analysis......Page 134 When to use a computer package......Page 135 Coding......Page 140 Retrieval......Page 146 Choosing a CAQDAS program......Page 148 Learning to use a CAQDAS program......Page 149 Potential problems with CAQDAS......Page 151 Summary reflections......Page 154 Further reading......Page 156 6. Writing about qualitative data......Page 157 The process of writing: time, reflection and rhythm......Page 159 Identify your audience......Page 162 Writing styles......Page 163 The use of exemplars......Page 166 Objectivity and the representational crisis......Page 167 Experimental writing......Page 170 Including the personal experience of the researcher......Page 172 The ethics of writing about others......Page 175 The political implications of categorising people......Page 176 Academic publications and community reporting......Page 179 Summary reflections......Page 180 Further reading......Page 181 Concluding reflections......Page 183 Bibliography......Page 186 Index......Page 202