Successful Qualitative Research
A Practical Guide for Beginners
- Virginia Braun - University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Victoria Clarke - University of the West of England, UK
*Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award (DPA) from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)*
Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners is an accessible, practical textbook. It sidesteps detailed theoretical discussion in favor of providing a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and skills for starting and completing successful qualitative research.
Uniquely, the authors provide a "patterns framework" to qualitative data analysis in this book, also known as "thematic analysis." The authors walk students through a basic thematic approach, and compare and contrast this with other approaches. This discussion of commonalities, explaining why and when each method should be used, and in the context of looking at patterns, will provide students with complete confidence for their qualitative research journey.
This textbook will be an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates taking a course in qualitative research or using qualitative approaches in a research project.
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a very useful starting guide which will be highly beneficial for students in the social sciences and humanities
Provides good coverage of many of the qualitative methods that are most relevant to undergraduate students.
A well written and informative text. Easy to read and applicable to help students learn the practicalities of conducting qual research. good. I will recommend to my students.
This is a very detailed yet very simple even for the beginners to quickly master qualitative research. Very ideal for both undergraduates and postgraduate students.
Successful Qualitative Research is an excellent resource for students not yet familiar with the theoretical and practical aspects of qualitative research.
This book is an excellent introduction to Qualitative reserach. It is simple to understand and makes easy reading.
A very accessible text. I particulalry liked the way the authors covered analysis which is typically not covered well in other books on qualitative methods
Provides a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and skills for starting and completing successful qualitative research.
Very good book.
A well-organised guide for beginners
A very useful and relevant book for data analysis - easy to follow as well supported with lots of examples .Questions included in each chapter are particularly useful and helpful to stimulate student's thinking.
Definitely an important useful resource book for beginners on how to go about analysising qualitative data sucessfully.
