Qualitative Data Analysis: An Introduction

Qualitative Data Analysis: An Introduction provides students with an essential practical guide to the wide range of different approaches available in qualitative data analysis. Carol Grbich provides a first-class, reliable guide to the basic practical issues in data analysis alongside insights into the different approaches' epistemological foundations. Her text is illustrated throughout with detailed examples, a glossary and further reading lists and summaries of key points provided throughout the text.

Specific analytical approaches include: Ethnographic analysis (including classical and newer approaches), Grounded theory (Glasserian and Straussian versions), Phenomenological analysis (classical, existential and hermeneutic), Feminist approaches, Content analysis Narrative analysis, Conversation analysis, Discourse analysis, Visual interpretation, Semiotic structural and post structural analyses, A guide to qualitative computing programs. A section on writing up data covers how to theorize from data, how to incorporate data from multiple sources (both qualitative and quantitative), and an exploration of the techniques of innovative data display.

About the Author:
Carol Grbich is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia