Synopsis
In this major updating of his bestselling, benchmark text, David Silverman walks the reader through the basics of gathering and analyzing qualitative data.
New to the Fourth Edition:
• A new chapter on data analysis dealing with major contemporary approaches (e.g. grounded theory, discourse analysis and narrative analysis)
• An expanded chapter on quality issues which now includes advice on how to read and use research reports
• Further worked-through examples of different kinds of data and how to interpret them
• A separate section on focus groups and interpreting focus group data
• An expanded ethics chapter
• More coverage of digital media and photographs as data
• A companion website with additional case studies and examples; links to SAGE journals online; and links to useful websites, podcasts and Youtube videos.
This fourth edition is also accompanied with its own group page on www.methodspace.com where users can give feedback and discuss research issues.
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About the Author
David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations and HIV-test counselling.
He is the author of Interpreting Qualitative Data (Seventh Edition, 2024) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (Second Edition, 2013). He is also the editor of Qualitative Research (Sixth Edition, 2026) and the Sage series, Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for research students and faculty at universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Now retired from full-time work, David aims to watch one hundred days of cricket a year. He also enjoys voluntary work in an old people’s home where he sings with residents with dementia and strokes.
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