Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project (eBook)

Cath Sullivan, Stephen Gibson, Sarah Riley (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
232 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4462-9132-0 (ISBN)

Infos

'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.

Inhalt

Introduction 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Schlagworte: Analysis • collecting data • ethics • evaluating qualitative research • literature review • qualitative research project • Research question • writing up
• ISBN-10: 1-4462-9132-4 / 1446291324
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-9132-0 / 9781446291320