Interpreting Qualitative Data

by David Silverman

In this major updating of his bestselling, benchmark text, David Silverman walks the reader through the basics of gathering and analyzing qualitative data. The Fourth Edition includes a new chapter on data analysis dealing with grounded theory, discourse analysis and narrative analysis; more worked-through examples of different kinds of data and how to interpret them; a new section on focus groups and interpreting focus group data; an expanded ethics chapter; and more coverage of digital media and photographs as data.

469 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2006

Reviews

[غيداء الجويسر]

The worse thing that contemporary qualitative research can imply is that, in this post-modern age, anything goes. The trick is to produce intelligent, disciplined work on the very edge of the abyss. David Silverman

[Ogi Ogas]

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[Rainier Moreno-Lacalle]

Silvermans' tome on qualitative research is one of the best books I read on this topic. The book displays originality, accessibility, and replete with examples to make his point.

[Beth]

Very useful for a wide range of understanding -3*

(I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE RESEARCH METHODS BOOK TO READ WHEN I'M HOME AND THEN I'M DONE WITH THESE BOOKS. YEY!!!!)