Research Catalog

Title

Qualitative research in practice : stories from the field / Yvonne Darlington and Dorothy Scott.

Author

Darlington, Yvonne.

Publication

Buckingham : Open University Press, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Scott, Dorothy, 1952-

Description

xvi, 208 pages; 22 cm

Summary

The authors provide an introduction to qualitative research through actual research projects that illustrate key stages in the research process.

Subject

• Human services > Research > Methodology
• Human services > Research > Methodology > Case studies
• Qualitative research
• Qualitative research > Case studies
• Research
• Social sciences
• Research
• Social Sciences
• research (function)
• social sciences
• 70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research
• Social sciences
• Human services > Research > Methodology
• Qualitative research
• Kwalitatieve methoden
• Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek
• Serviço social
• Pesquisa qualitativa
• Estudos de casos e controle
• Qualidade de vida
• Saúde mental

Genre/Form

• Case Reports
• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The researchers -- Table of research studies -- Preface -- 1. From practice to research -- Qualitative research in the human services -- Generating research questions -- The researcher-practitioner split -- Quantitative and/or qualitative methods? -- Stories from the field -- 2. Ethics and organisations -- Gaining ethics approval for qualitative research -- Informed consent -- Intrusiveness -- Confidentiality -- Ethical and political complexities of research within organisations -- Stories from the field -- 3. In-depth interviewing -- Choosing in-depth interviewing -- The interview process -- Focus groups -- Stories from the field -- 4. Observation -- Choosing observation -- Combining observation with interviews -- The observation process -- Stories from the filed -- 5. Tailoring data collection to suit the needs of research participants -- Researching with children -- Researching with people with an intellectual disability -- Stories from the field -- 6. Mixing methods -- Types of mixed method design -- When findings conflict -- Stories from the field -- 7. Analysing data -- Transcribing -- Becoming familiar with the data -- Coding -- Do I need a computer program? -- Stories from the field -- 8. Presenting and writing up -- Whose voices? -- Structuring qualitative findings -- Is there a book in it? -- Alternative forms of presentation -- Stories from the field -- 9. Epilogue: From research to practice, programs and politics -- Stories from the field -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 033521147X
• 9780335211470

OCLC

• ocm48534842
• 48534842
• SCSB-1246867

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library