1st Edition
by Elise Radina (Author), Áine Humble (Editor)
How is qualitative data actually collected, analyzed, and accomplished? Real stories of How Qualitative Data Analysis Occurs: Moving Beyond "Themes Emerged" offers
an in-depth look into how qualitative social science researchers
studying family issues and dynamics approach their data analyses. It
moves beyond the usual vague statement of "themes emerged from the data"
to show readers how researchers actively and consciously arrive at
their themes and conclusions, revealing the complexity and time involved
in making sense of thousands of pages of interview data, multiple data
sources, and diverse types of data.
How Qualitative Data Analysis Occurs focuses
on a diversity of topics in family research across the life course. The
various authors provide detailed narratives into how they analyzed
their data from previous publications, and what methodologies they used,
ranging from arts-based research, autoethnography, community-based
participatory research, ethnography, grounded theory, to narrative
analysis.
Supplemental figures, images, and screenshots which
are referred to in the chapters, are included in an accompanying
eResource, as well as links to the previously published work on which
the chapters are based. This book is an invaluable resource for
experienced and novice qualitative researchers throughout the social
sciences.
