Qualitative Analysis : Practice and Innovation

Ezzy, Douglas

ISBN 10: 041528127X / ISBN 13: 9780415281270

Published by Routledge, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Qualitative Analysis : Practice and Innovation
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041528127X
• ISBN 13: 9780415281270
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Douglas Ezzy lectures in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. He is co-author with Pranee Rice of Qualitative Research Methods: A health focus (Oxford University Press).