Qualitative Data: An Introduction to Coding and Analysis / Edition 1

by Carl Auerbach, Louise B. Silverstein

Overview

A necessary guide through the qualitative research process

Qualitative Data is meant for the novice researcher who needs guidance on what specifically to do when faced with a sea of information. It takes readers through the qualitative research process, beginning with an examination of the basic philosophy of qualitative research, and ending with planning and carrying out a qualitative research study. It provides an explicit, step-by-step procedure that will take the researcher from the raw text of interview data through data analysis and theory construction to the creation of a publishable work.

The volume provides actual examples based on the authors' own work, including two published pieces in the appendix, so that readers can follow examples for each step of the process, from the project's inception to its finished product. The volume also includes an appendix explaining how to implement these data analysis procedures using NVIVO, a qualitative data analysis program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814706954
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Series:	Qualitative Studies in Psychology , #21
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Carl F. Auerbach is a Professors of Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, where he codirect the Yeshiva Fatherhood Project.

Louise Silverstein is a former president of the APA’s Division of Family Psychology. She is Professor of Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, where she co-directs the Yeshiva Fatherhood Project.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Getting into Qualitative Research
1. Introducing Qualitative Hypothesis-Generating Research: The Yeshiva University Fatherhood Project
Part II: Planning Your First Research Study
2. Designing Hypothesis-Generating Research: The Haitian Fathers Study
3. Qualitative and Quantitative Research as Complementary Strategies
Part III: Analyzing Your First Research Study
4. Coding 1: The Basic Ideas
5. Coding 2: The Mechanics, Phase 1: Making the Text Manageable
6. Coding 2: The Mechanics, Phase 2: Hearing What Was Said
7. Coding 2: The Mechanics, Phase 3: Developing Theory
8. Convincing Other People: The Issues Formerly Known as Reliability, Validity, and Generalizability
Part IV: Designing and Analyzing Your Next Research Study
9. Designing Your Next Study Using Theoretical Sampling: The Promise Keeper Fathers
10. Analyzing Your Next Study Using Elaborative Coding: The Promise Keeper Fathers
Part V: Final Thoughts
11. The “Why” of Qualitative Research: A Personal View
Appendix A: Simplifying the Bookkeeping with Qualitative Data Analysis Programs
Appendix B: The Haitian Fathers Study
Appendix C: The Promise Keepers Study
References
Index
About the Authors

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