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xiv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Handling Qualitative Data introduces students and practitioners to qualitative research in a uniquely practical manner. Firstly, it recognizes that for many novice researchers, data, rather than methods and their philosophical underpinnings, are the point of departure. Secondly, it advocates a progressive accumulation of skills and understanding of methodological issues as they are needed. This enables the student to perform efficaciously from the start by immediately being in a position to handle, reflect on and get results from, small amounts of data, giving them a launch pad to more complex endeavours. The book provides pragmatic, informal and succinct assistance in the processes of meeting, sorting, coding, documenting and exploring unstructured records. It smoothly integrates software use into data handling as and when it is necessary, with discussion of challenges. It guides the reader to debates about the nature and interpretation of such data and the goals of valid and useful outcomes from qualitative analysis. This text will assist novice researchers to do justice to such data, whatever their background or opportunities for further methods training. Setting up -- Setting up your project -- Qualitative data -- Data records -- Working with the data -- Up from the data -- Coding -- Handling ideas -- Making sense of your data -- What are you aiming for? -- Searching the data -- Seeing a whole -- Telling it. Lyn Richards. Includes bibliographical references and index. Qualitative research Methodology Qualitative research Data processing Social sciences Research Methodology Recherche qualitative M�ethodologie Recherche qualitative Informatique Kwalitatieve gegevens Data-analyse Kwalitatieve methoden Onderzoeksmethoden M�ethodologie de recherche Recherche qualitative H62 .R473 2005 300.723 70.03 0761942580 9780761942580 0761942599 9780761942597 2005282437 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2005282437-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005282437-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2005282437-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2005282437-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005282437-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2005282437-d.html UKM 050920 20160622185416.0 ocm57355271 eng