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Lyn Richards - README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods - 9781412998062 - V9781412998062
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README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods

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Description for README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods Paperback. This book teaches not just a single method, but a range of methods and to help students understand why there are so many ways of working qualitatively. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.

The Third Edition of this popular text offers those new to qualitative inquiry a clear and practical guide to the reasons for doing qualitative research, matching questions to appropriate methods, and the tasks necessary for getting started. In their direct and friendly style, Lyn Richards and Janice M. Morse help researchers reflect on why they are working qualitatively and how to choose an appropriate method, and then approach confidently the tasks of research design, data making, coding, analyzing, and, finally, writing up results.


"This text offers current thinking in the field. The authors are well-established qualitative researchers and have ... Read more
Matthew A. Eichler,
Texas State University–San Marcos

"The key strength of this text is the discussion and presentation of how to think about qualitative research. This is the only text that discusses the process of thinking before doing at any stage of the research project, from the general idea to the writing up and submitting for publication." - Ruth Segal, Seton Hall University

"The text is very clear and well organized, and accessible for new students. In comparison to many other introductory texts, it really brings to the fore the need for theoretical and methodological coherence." - Irina L. G. Todorova, Northeastern University

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781412998062
SKU
V9781412998062
Shipping Time
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About Lyn Richards
About the author Lyn Richards has a highly unusual range of relationships with qualitative research. After undergraduate training as a historian and political scientist, she moved to sociology. Her early work as a family sociologist addressed both popular and academic audiences, with a strong motivation always to make the funded research relevant to the people studied, and the qualitative ... Read more

Reviews for README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods
“This text offers current thinking in the field. The authors are well-established qualitative researchers and have pulled off a great text for the beginning researcher.”
Matthew A. Eichler “The key strength of this text is the discussion and presentation of how to think about qualitative research. This is the only text that discusses the process of thinking before doing ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods


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