Qualitative Analysis
Abstract
Offering a detailed introduction to the practice of data analysis, this book is both user-friendly and theoretically grounded. Drawing on his extensive experience of qualitative research, Douglas Ezzy reviews approaches to data analysis in established research traditions including ethnography, phenomenology and symbolic interactionism, alongside the newer approaches informed by cultural studies and feminism. He explains the difference between inductive, deductive and abductive theory building, provides a guide to computer-assisted analysis and outlines techniques such as journal writing, team meetings and participant reviews.This text is one of the first to treat computer assisted data analysis as an integral part of qualitative research. Exceptionally well written, this is a valuable reference for research students and professional researchers in the social sciences and health.
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Interview participants were invited to perform member checking of the researchers' interpretations of their interview data.
“inviting interview participants to perform member checking of our interpretations of their interview data [37, 38]”
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- Authors
- Ezzy, D.
- Corresponding author
- Ezzy, Douglas
- ORCID
- Ezzy, Douglas
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2013-10-18
- OpenAlex
- W4232238896
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 2.46
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Data Analysis and Archiving
- Keywords
- qualitative data analysis, ethnography, phenomenology, symbolic interactionism, cultural studies, feminist research, inductive theory building, computer-assisted qualitative analysis, journaling
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