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Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology equips students and researchers in psychology and the social sciences to carry out qualitative data analysis, focusing on four major methods (grounded theory, interpretative phenomenological analysis, discourse analysis and narrative analysis). Assuming no prior knowledge of qualitative research, chapters on the nature, assumptions and practicalities of each method are written by acknowledged experts. To help students and researchers make informed methodological choices about their own research the book addresses data collection and the writing up of research using each method, while providing a sustained comparison of the four methods, backed up with authoritative analyses using the different methods.
Doing Grounded Theory
Doing Grounded Theory
This chapter presents a grounded theory analysis of data on two ex-soldiers’ experiences of leaving the army. It describes how researchers become immersed in the data through thorough familiarization with the context and the content of the interviews. In this exercise, the two transcripts were interrogated through the use of open codes and categories which facilitated the identification of patterns, relationships, similarities ...
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