Description:This book is a broad-ranging critical introduction to and assessment of the central issues involved in qualitative research. David Silverman's text spans the range of different approaches within the qualitative tradition, the relations between qualitative and quantitative methods in social research, and the strengths of specific methodologies. Particular issues discussed include the theoretical underpinnings and methodological consequences of major traditions of qualitative research, including ethnography, symbolic interactionism, conversation analysis, and ethnomethodology; issues of observation, analysis, and validity in qualitative research; and the centrality of language as the medium of communication of the subjects of qualitative research and the different ways in which such communication can be studied--through interviews, texts, and transcripts. Interpreting Qualitative Data will be of interest to students, academics, and researchers doing qualitative research.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction. To get started finding Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
448
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Sage Publications
Release
2006
ISBN
1446200205
Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction
Description: This book is a broad-ranging critical introduction to and assessment of the central issues involved in qualitative research. David Silverman's text spans the range of different approaches within the qualitative tradition, the relations between qualitative and quantitative methods in social research, and the strengths of specific methodologies. Particular issues discussed include the theoretical underpinnings and methodological consequences of major traditions of qualitative research, including ethnography, symbolic interactionism, conversation analysis, and ethnomethodology; issues of observation, analysis, and validity in qualitative research; and the centrality of language as the medium of communication of the subjects of qualitative research and the different ways in which such communication can be studied--through interviews, texts, and transcripts. Interpreting Qualitative Data will be of interest to students, academics, and researchers doing qualitative research.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction. To get started finding Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.