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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.
Analysing Qualitative Data: Comparative Reflections
Analysing Qualitative Data: Comparative Reflections
This chapter offers comparative reflections on the employment of the four approaches to the analysis of the data presented in the Preface to Section 2, concentrating on the analytic foci, matters of epistemology and the ‘value’ of the outcomes. The major similarities and differences between the four approaches are highlighted.
Particular attention is paid to how each of the four approaches conceptualizes and deals with the way researchers should use existing psychological knowledge ...
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