'Thanks to this new book, psychology students now have a trustworthy and practical guide that takes them through all stages of qualitative research with rich examples and different paradigmatic perspectives.'
Svend Brinkmann, Aalborg University, Denmark
'A well thought-out, accessible and engaging guide to conducting qualitative research projects. This is a must-read for any student beginning the qualitative journey.'
Abigail Locke, University of Huddersfield, UK
This book is for students who are embarking on a qualitative research project in psychology or a related discipline. While focusing mainly on undergraduate dissertations, this book will also be useful for postgraduate students. It takes you through planning a qualitative project, stage by stage, addressing key issues and concerns along the way. The focus throughout is on how to make your project excellent!
Packed full of examples from student projects to help you to put theory into practice, the book guides you through:
* designing your research
* ethical considerations
* collecting your data
* analysing your data
* writing your report or dissertation.
In addition, the book will help you with time management and working with your supervisor, as well as providing guidance on how you can use your project as the basis for publication or further study.
Show more'Thanks to this new book, psychology students now have a trustworthy and practical guide that takes them through all stages of qualitative research with rich examples and different paradigmatic perspectives.'
Svend Brinkmann, Aalborg University, Denmark
'A well thought-out, accessible and engaging guide to conducting qualitative research projects. This is a must-read for any student beginning the qualitative journey.'
Abigail Locke, University of Huddersfield, UK
This book is for students who are embarking on a qualitative research project in psychology or a related discipline. While focusing mainly on undergraduate dissertations, this book will also be useful for postgraduate students. It takes you through planning a qualitative project, stage by stage, addressing key issues and concerns along the way. The focus throughout is on how to make your project excellent!
Packed full of examples from student projects to help you to put theory into practice, the book guides you through:
* designing your research
* ethical considerations
* collecting your data
* analysing your data
* writing your report or dissertation.
In addition, the book will help you with time management and working with your supervisor, as well as providing guidance on how you can use your project as the basis for publication or further study.
Show moreIntroduction and Aims of the Book - Cath Sullivan, Stephen Gibson
and Sarah Riley
Coming up with a Research Question - Kathryn Kinmond
Planning and Ethics - Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Managing the Project - Sarah C.E Riley and Nigel King
Doing a Literature Review - Michael Forrester
Collecting Your Data - Siobhan Hugh-Jones and Stephen Gibson
Analysing Your Data - Stephen Gibson and Siobhan Hugh-Jones
Evaluating Qualitative Research - Nollaig Frost and Kathryn
Kinmond
Writing up a Qualitative Project - Sarah C.E Riley
What Next? - Cath Sullivan
Overview and Conclusions: Be a Scholar - Stephen Gibson, Cath
Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Cath Sullivan is Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the University of
Central Lancashire. Cath has been an actively involved in
initiatives to support the teaching of qualitative research methods
in psychology since 2005 and is a former Chair of the Higher
Education Academy ‘Teaching Qualitative Psychology’ Special
Interest Group. In addition to this work supporting and training
psychology lecturers who teach qualitative methods, Cath has over
10 years’ experience of teaching qualitative methods to
undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her published articles and
book chapters include empirical qualitative papers and pieces about
qualitative methodology. She is co-editor of Doing Qualitative
Research in Psychology (Sage, 2019). Stephen Gibson is Bicentennial
Chair in Research Methods and Director of Doctoral Programmes in
the School of Social Sciences, Heriot Watt University. He is a
social psychologist with research interests in obedience and social
influence, identity and citizenship, and representations of peace
and conflict. In addition, he has been involved in numerous
projects concerning the teaching of qualitative research methods.
Between 2008 and 2011 he was chair of the TQRMUL group, and is
co-editor (with Simon Mollan) of the volume Representations of
Peace and Conflict (Palgrave, 2012).
Sarah Riley is a Professor in Critical Health Psychology at Massey
University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her award-winning,
interdisciplinary research focuses on relationships between
discourse, affect, technology, and materiality. Recent co-authored
books include Technologies of Sexiness (OUP USA, 2014),
Postfeminism and Health (Routledge, 2019), Postfeminism and Body
Image (Routledge, 2022); and Digital Feeling (Palgrave, 2023); she
chaired the British Psychology Society’s Qualitative Methods in
Psychology section (2017-19), and teaches qualitative research
methods.
Thanks to this new book, psychology students now have a trustworthy
and practical guide that takes them through all stages of
qualitative research with rich examples and different paradigmatic
perspectives
Svend Brinkmann
Aalborg University, Denmark A well thought-out, accessible and
engaging guide to conducting qualitative research projects. This is
a must-read for any student beginning the qualitative journey
Abigail Locke
University of Huddersfield, UK
"This is a well-edited, interesting, and intelligent guide for
students in the social sciences. The book′s strengths include the
effective way in which the contributors use flowcharts, inserts,
and examples of students′ research; the consistently high quality
of the writing; and the almost seamless integration across
chapters."
*Choice*
This book has many strengths. It provides a good overview of the
theoretical background and key issues involved in doing a
qualitative project, but more importantly there is a plethora of
very useful, clearly written and accessible practical advice, as
well as case studies... This is an essential book to read
before embarking on one’s first qualitative project.
*The British Psychological Society QMiP Bulletin - Issue 29*
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