An essential companion for students across the social and health sciences, this text provides a wide-ranging coverage of qualitative methods complemented by extended illustration from the array of academic disciplines in which qualitative research is found and employed.
Written in a lively and reader-friendly style, the guide covers a comprehensive range of topics, including:
- a concise definition of the method
- a description of distinctive features
- examples to convey the flavour of a technique or principle
- a critical and reflective evaluation of the method or approach under consideration
- cross references to associated concepts within the dictionary
- a list of key readings
