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Now in its third edition, Dennis Howitt’s Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Psychology is better than ever. This trusted and valuable student resources provides clear explanations and examples that take the reader through qualitative research from data collection to analysis. It also features dedicated sections offering guidance on ethics, quality and report writing. Methods are broken down to give step-by-step practical advice and guidance, ensuring that students can understand the theory and carry out their own research. All of this is achieved while providing a thorough theoretical and historical context for the qualitative methods.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Title page | iii | ||
| Copyright page | iv | ||
| Brief contents | v | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xvii | ||
| Part 1 Background to qualitative methods in psychology | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 What is qualitative research in psychology and was it really hidden? | 5 | ||
| Overview | 5 | ||
| What is qualitative research? | 6 | ||
| Science as normal practice in qualitative and quantitative research | 11 | ||
| The beginnings of modern psychology: introspectionism and the founding fathers of psychology | 14 | ||
| The logical positivists, behaviourism and psychology | 17 | ||
| The quantitative dominance of mainstream psychology | 20 | ||
| Statistics and the quantitative ethos in psychology | 24 | ||
| Conclusion | 26 | ||
| Key points | 29 | ||
| Additional resources | 29 | ||
| Chapter 2 How qualitative methods developed in psychology: the qualitative revolution | 30 | ||
| Overview | 30 | ||
| The growth of qualitative methods in psychology | 31 | ||
| The main qualitative methods in psychology up to the 1950s | 37 | ||
| The radical innovations of 1950–1970 | 44 | ||
| The recent history of qualitative psychology | 52 | ||
| Conclusion | 54 | ||
| Key points | 56 | ||
| Additional resources | 56 | ||
| Part 2 Qualitative data collection | 57 | ||
| Chapter 3 Qualitative interviewing | 59 | ||
| Overview | 59 | ||
| What is qualitative interviewing? | 60 | ||
| The development of qualitative interviewing | 64 | ||
| How to conduct qualitative interviews | 66 | ||
| How to analyse a qualitative interview | 78 | ||
| When to use qualitative interviews | 80 | ||
| Evaluation of qualitative interviewing | 82 | ||
| Conclusion | 83 | ||
| Key points | 84 | ||
| Additional resources | 87 | ||
| Chapter 4 Focus groups | 88 | ||
| Overview | 88 | ||
| What are focus groups? | 89 | ||
| The development of focus groups | 91 | ||
| How to conduct focus groups | 92 | ||
| How to analyse data from focus groups | 99 | ||
| When to use focus groups | 101 | ||
| Examples of the use of focus groups | 102 | ||
| Evaluation of focus groups | 105 | ||
| Conclusion | 106 | ||
| Key points | 106 | ||
| Additional resources | 107 | ||
| Chapter 5 Ethnography/participant observation | 108 | ||
| Overview | 108 | ||
| What is ethnography/participant observation? | 109 | ||
| The development of ethnography/participant observation | 112 | ||
| How to conduct ethnography/participant observation | 114 | ||
| How to analyse ethnography/participant observation | 120 | ||
| Examples of the use of ethnography/participant observation | 122 | ||
| When to use ethnography/participant observation | 125 | ||
| Evaluation of ethnography/participant observation | 128 | ||
| Conclusion | 129 | ||
| Key points | 130 | ||
| Additional resources | 130 | ||
| Part 3 Qualitative data analysis | 131 | ||
| Chapter 6 Data transcription methods | 134 | ||
| Overview | 134 | ||
| What is transcription? | 135 | ||
| Is a transcript necessary? | 136 | ||
| Issues in transcription | 140 | ||
| The Jefferson approach to transcription | 142 | ||
| The development of transcription | 148 | ||
| How to do Jefferson transcription | 149 | ||
| When to use Jefferson transcription | 155 | ||
| Evaluation of Jefferson transcription | 156 | ||
| Conclusion | 158 | ||
| Key points | 160 | ||
| Additional resources | 160 | ||
| Chapter 7 Thematic analysis | 162 | ||
| Overview | 162 | ||
| What is thematic analysis? | 163 | ||
| The development of thematic analysis | 167 | ||
| How to do thematic analysis | 168 | ||
| When to use thematic analysis | 175 | ||
| Examples of the use of thematic analysis | 176 | ||
| Evaluation of thematic analysis | 182 | ||
| Conclusion | 183 | ||
| Key points | 184 | ||
| Additional resources | 184 | ||
| Chapter 8 Qualitative data analysis: grounded theory development | 185 | ||
| Overview | 185 | ||
| What is grounded theory? | 186 | ||
| The development of grounded theory | 191 | ||
| How to do grounded theory | 193 | ||
| When to use grounded theory | 202 | ||
| Examples of grounded theory studies | 203 | ||
| Evaluation of grounded theory | 207 | ||
| Conclusion | 210 | ||
| Key points | 211 | ||
| Additional resources | 212 | ||
| Chapter 9 Social constructionist discourse analysis and discursive psychology | 213 | ||
| Overview | 213 | ||
| What is social constructionist discourse analysis? | 214 | ||
| The development of social constructionist discourse analysis | 231 | ||
| How to do social constructionist discourse analysis | 233 | ||
| When to use social constructionist discourse analysis | 240 | ||
| Examples of social constructionist discourse analysis | 241 | ||
| Evaluation of social constructionist discourse analysis | 247 | ||
| Conclusion | 249 | ||
| Key points | 249 | ||
| Additional resources | 250 | ||
| Chapter 10 Conversation analysis | 251 | ||
| Overview | 251 | ||
| What is conversation analysis? | 252 | ||
| The development of conversation analysis | 259 | ||
| How to do conversation analysis | 261 | ||
| When to use conversation analysis | 268 | ||
| Examples of conversation analysis studies | 268 | ||
| Evaluation of conversation analysis | 275 | ||
| Conclusion | 278 | ||
| Key points | 278 | ||
| Additional resources | 278 | ||
| Chapter 11 Foucauldian discourse analysis | 280 | ||
| Overview | 280 | ||
| What is Foucauldian discourse analysis? | 281 | ||
| The development of Foucauldian discourse analysis | 286 | ||
| How to do Foucauldian discourse analysis | 292 | ||
| When to do Foucauldian discourse analysis | 295 | ||
| Examples of Foucauldian discourse analysis | 296 | ||
| Evaluation of Foucauldian discourse analysis | 304 | ||
| Conclusion | 306 | ||
| Key points | 307 | ||
| Additional resources | 307 | ||
| Chapter 12 Phenomenology | 308 | ||
| Overview | 308 | ||
| What is phenomenology? | 309 | ||
| The development of phenomenology | 315 | ||
| How to do phenomenological research | 321 | ||
| Data analysis | 326 | ||
| When to use phenomenology | 329 | ||
| Examples of phenomenological analysis | 329 | ||
| Evaluation of phenomenology | 334 | ||
| Conclusion | 336 | ||
| Key points | 337 | ||
| Additional resources | 337 | ||
| Chapter 13 Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) | 339 | ||
| Overview | 339 | ||
| What is interpretative phenomenological analysis? | 340 | ||
| The development of interpretative phenomenological analysis | 342 | ||
| The roots of interpretative phenomenological analysis in the idiographic approach | 347 | ||
| How to do interpretative phenomenological analysis | 348 | ||
| When to use interpretative phenomenological analysis | 357 | ||
| Examples of interpretative phenomenological analysis | 357 | ||
| Evaluation of interpretative phenomenological analysis | 361 | ||
| Conclusion | 363 | ||
| Key points | 363 | ||
| Additional resources | 364 | ||
| Chapter 14 Narrative analysis | 365 | ||
| Overview | 365 | ||
| What is narrative analysis? | 366 | ||
| The development of narrative analysis | 372 | ||
| How to do narrative analysis | 376 | ||
| When to use narrative analysis | 382 | ||
| Examples of narrative analysis | 383 | ||
| Evaluation of narrative analysis | 386 | ||
| Conclusion | 387 | ||
| Key points | 388 | ||
| Additional resources | 388 | ||
| Part 4 Planning and writing up qualitative research | 389 | ||
| Chapter 15 Writing a qualitative report | 392 | ||
| Overview | 392 | ||
| Is a qualitative research report different? | 393 | ||
| Where to aim: the overall characteristics of a good qualitative report | 395 | ||
| The qualitative ethos | 396 | ||
| The structure of a qualitative report | 400 | ||
| The qualitative report in detail | 404 | ||
| Conclusion | 422 | ||
| Key points | 423 | ||
| Additional resources | 423 | ||
| Chapter 16 Ensuring quality in qualitative research | 424 | ||
| Overview | 424 | ||
| How should qualitative research be evaluated? | 425 | ||
| Some quality criteria for quantitative research | 427 | ||
| Evaluating quality in qualitative research | 429 | ||
| General academic justification and features of the research | 430 | ||
| Generalisability in qualitative research | 433 | ||
| Validity in qualitative research | 434 | ||
| Reliability in qualitative research | 441 | ||
| Conclusion | 446 | ||
| Key points | 446 | ||
| Additional resources | 447 | ||
| Chapter 17 Ethics and data management in qualitative research | 448 | ||
| Overview | 448 | ||
| Does qualitative research need ethics? | 449 | ||
| The development of ethics in psychology | 451 | ||
| General ethical principles for qualitative research | 454 | ||
| Ethical procedures in qualitative research | 456 | ||
| Debriefing as ethics and methodology | 471 | ||
| The ethics of report writing and publication | 472 | ||
| Conclusion | 475 | ||
| Key points | 476 | ||
| Additional resources | 477 | ||
| Chapter 18 Examples of qualitative report writing: learning the good and bad points | 478 | ||
| Overview | 478 | ||
| Introduction | 479 | ||
| Examples of qualitative report writing | 482 | ||
| Conclusion | 517 | ||
| Key points | 518 | ||
| Additional resources | 518 | ||
| Glossary | 519 | ||
| References | 541 | ||
| Index | 565 |